farce vs skit

farce

noun
  • A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. 

  • A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. 

  • A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. 

  • Forcemeat, stuffing. 

  • A ridiculous or empty show. 

verb
  • To stuff with forcemeat or other food items. 

  • To fill full; to stuff. 

skit

noun
  • A short comic performance. 

  • A jeer or sally; a brief satire. 

verb
  • To make fun of. 

  • To leap aside; to caper. 

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