prank vs shtick

prank

noun
  • A practical joke or mischievous trick. 

verb
  • To make an ostentatious show. 

  • To perform a practical joke on; to trick. 

  • To call someone's phone and promptly hang up 

shtick

noun
  • A generally humorous routine. 

  • A gimmick. 

  • A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves. 

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