nil vs nowt

nil

noun

  • Nothing; zero. 

  • A score of zero 

det

  • No, not any. 

nowt

noun

  • Naught, nothing. 

  • A herd of cattle. 

  • A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn. 

  • An ox. 

adv

  • Naught, nothing. 

pron

  • Naught, nothing. 

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