mummer vs zany

mummer

verb
  • Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”) 

noun
  • A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival. 

  • An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. 

zany

adj
  • Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish. 

  • Ludicrously or incongruously comical. 

How often have the words mummer and zany occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )