lark vs pluck

lark

verb
  • To catch larks (type of bird). 

  • To sport, engage in harmless pranking. 

  • To frolic, engage in carefree adventure. 

noun
  • Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark. 

  • One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks. 

  • A romp, frolic, some fun. 

  • A prank. 

  • Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. 

pluck

verb
  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

noun
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Cheap wine. 

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