sled vs slew

sled

verb
  • To ride a sled. 

  • To convey on a sled. 

noun
  • A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger) 

  • A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.) 

  • A snowmobile. 

slew

verb
  • To skid. 

  • To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time. 

  • To rotate or turn something about its axis. 

  • To pivot. 

  • simple past tense of slay 

  • To veer a vehicle. 

  • To move something (usually a railway line) sideways. 

  • To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit. 

noun
  • A large amount. 

  • A change of position. 

  • A device used for slewing. 

  • The act, or process of slewing. 

  • A wet place; a river inlet. 

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