charm vs stoke

charm

verb
  • To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something. 

  • To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence. 

  • To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. 

  • To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences. 

noun
  • A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time. 

  • A flock, group (especially of finches). 

  • The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration. 

  • An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). 

  • A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. 

  • The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children. 

  • A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks. 

stoke

verb
  • To encourage a behavior or emotion. 

  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. 

  • To poke, pierce, thrust. 

  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. 

noun
  • An act of poking, piercing, thrusting 

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