cruising vs nautics

cruising

noun
  • Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure. 

  • Driving around without an exact destination as a social activity 

  • Walking or driving about a locality in search of a casual sex partner, especially among gay males. 

nautics

noun
  • The art of sailing; navigation 

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