bunt vs spang

bunt

verb
  • To spring or rear up. 

  • To headbutt affectionately. 

  • To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 

  • To perform (the second half of) an outside loop. 

  • To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 

  • To swell out. 

  • To push with the horns; to butt. 

noun
  • A push or shove; a butt. 

  • The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. 

  • A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust. 

  • The act of bunting. 

  • The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. 

  • A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. 

spang

verb
  • To leap; spring. 

  • To set with bright points: star or spangle. 

  • To hitch; fasten. 

  • To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. 

  • To strike or ricochet with a loud report 

noun
  • A bound or spring; a leap. 

  • A span. 

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