prang vs swerve

prang

verb
  • To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. 

  • To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle). 

noun
  • A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand. 

  • An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. 

  • Crack cocaine. 

swerve

verb
  • To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off. 

  • To bend; to incline; to give way. 

  • To go out of a straight line; to deflect. 

  • To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. 

  • Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line 

  • To climb or move upward by winding or turning. 

  • To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub. 

  • To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact. 

noun
  • A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision. 

  • A deviation from duty or custom. 

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