career vs scamper

career

noun
  • A jouster's path during a joust. 

  • General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it. 

  • One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession. 

  • The flight of a hawk. 

adj
  • Synonym of serial (“doing something repeatedly or regularly as part of one's lifestyle or career”) 

verb
  • To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way. 

scamper

noun
  • A quick, light run. 

  • One who skimps or does slipshod work. 

verb
  • To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful or undignified manner. 

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