strayed vs wayward

strayed

adj
  • Having lost one's way; wandering; astray. 

wayward

adj
  • Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray. 

  • Not on target. 

  • Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable. 

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