forbear vs noddle

forbear

verb
  • To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. 

  • To control oneself when provoked. 

  • To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. 

  • To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. 

noddle

verb
  • To nod repeatedly. 

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

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

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