narrowboat vs sloop

narrowboat

noun
  • A barge used on the narrow canals of England. 

sloop

noun
  • A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck. 

  • A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail. 

  • A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette. 

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