hunt vs trail

hunt

verb
  • To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc. 

  • To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel. 

  • To try to find something; search (for). 

  • To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting. 

  • To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes. 

  • To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. 

  • To shift up and down in order regularly. 

  • To use or traverse in pursuit of game. 

noun
  • A pack of hunting dogs. 

  • A hunting expedition. 

  • An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it. 

  • The act of hunting. 

trail

verb
  • To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something). 

  • To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication. 

  • To run or climb like certain plants. 

  • To be losing, to be behind in a competition. 

  • To leave (a trail of). 

  • To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle. 

  • To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail. 

  • To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion. 

  • To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along. 

  • To travel by following or creating trails. 

  • To drag (something) behind on the ground. 

  • To create a trail in. 

noun
  • A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. 

  • The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. 

  • A walk in which all the edges are distinct. 

  • A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. 

  • A route or circuit generally. 

  • The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground. 

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