buffoon vs shit-stirrer

buffoon

noun
  • One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. 

  • An unintentionally ridiculous person. 

verb
  • To behave like a buffoon 

shit-stirrer

noun
  • One who enjoys creating trouble for others by provoking controversy, for example by revealing facts that others would prefer to keep secret. 

How often have the words buffoon and shit-stirrer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )