nerd vs noddle

nerd

noun
  • A person who is intellectual but generally introverted. 

  • A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. 

  • One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. 

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 nerd and noddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )