playful vs puckish

playful

adj
  • funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome. 

  • fun, recreational, not serious. 

  • experimental. 

  • liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. 

puckish

adj
  • Mischievous; excessively playful. 

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