conduct vs noddle

conduct

noun
  • Skillful guidance or management. 

  • Plot. 

  • Behaviour; the manner of behaving. 

  • The act or method of controlling or directing. 

verb
  • To carry out (something organized) 

  • To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition. 

  • To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.) 

  • To behave. 

  • To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks) 

  • To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry. 

noddle

noun
  • The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect. 

  • The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. 

verb
  • To nod repeatedly. 

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