sled vs snowshoe

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. 

snowshoe

verb
  • To travel using snowshoes. 

noun
  • A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow. 

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