barmy vs raving

barmy

adj
  • Odd, strange, or crazy. 

  • Containing barm, i.e. froth from fermented yeast. 

raving

adj
  • Talking wildly. 

  • Causing excitement or wild praise. 

noun
  • Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk. 

adv
  • Incoherently 

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