cirque vs nimbus

cirque

noun
  • Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus. 

  • A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley. 

nimbus

noun
  • A circle of light; a halo. 

  • A gray rain cloud. 

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