noddle vs work out

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. 

work out

verb
  • To smooth or perfect. 

  • To make sense of. 

  • To strengthen a part one’s body by exercise. 

  • To earn a wage working away from one's farm. 

  • To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort. 

  • To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation. 

  • To conclude with the correct solution. 

  • To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited. 

  • To exercise, especially by lifting weights. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out. 

  • To calculate. 

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