mallet vs quirt

mallet

verb
  • To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet. 

noun
  • A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul. 

  • A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments. 

  • The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo. 

  • A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger. 

  • A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet. 

quirt

verb
  • To strike with a quirt. 

noun
  • A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide. 

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