noddle vs veer

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. 

veer

verb
  • To turn. 

  • To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere). 

  • To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. 

  • To shift aft. 

  • To change direction into the wind; to wear ship. 

noun
  • A turn or swerve; an instance of veering. 

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