march vs strut

march

verb
  • To cause someone to walk somewhere. 

  • To have common borders or frontiers 

  • To make steady progress. 

  • To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does. 

  • To go to war; to make military advances. 

noun
  • A region at a frontier governed by a marquess. 

  • Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages. 

  • Steady forward movement or progression. 

  • A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies. 

  • A political rally or parade 

  • Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music) 

  • The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand. 

strut

verb
  • To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly. 

  • Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out. 

  • To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high. 

  • To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support. 

  • To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle. 

noun
  • A beam or rod providing support. 

  • An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position. 

  • An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff. 

  • A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking. 

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