chronograph vs tachometer

chronograph

noun
  • A device which marks or records time or time intervals. 

  • A combination of a watch and a stopwatch. 

verb
  • To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile. 

tachometer

noun
  • A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc. 

  • A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile. 

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