snake vs swab

snake

verb
  • To clean using a plumbing snake. 

  • To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. 

  • To inform; to rat. 

  • To follow or move in a winding route. 

  • To steal slyly. 

  • To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out. 

noun
  • A series of Bézier curves. 

  • The seventh Lenormand card. 

  • A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake. 

  • A tool to aid cable pulling. 

  • A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. 

  • A treacherous person; a rat. 

  • Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain. 

  • Trouser snake; the penis. 

  • An informer; a rat. 

  • A tool for unclogging plumbing. 

swab

verb
  • To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab. 

noun
  • A sailor; a swabby. 

  • A naval officer's epaulet. 

  • A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access. 

  • A mop, especially on a ship. 

  • A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns. 

  • A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). 

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