bacchanal vs potlatch

bacchanal

noun
  • The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. 

  • A devotee of Bacchus. 

  • Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated. 

  • Drunken revelry; an orgy. 

  • drama, ruckus, fiasco 

  • A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. 

adj
  • Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. 

  • Relating to Bacchus or his festival. 

potlatch

noun
  • A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth. 

  • A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. 

verb
  • To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony. 

  • To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. 

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