tremble vs whiffle

tremble

verb
  • To shake, quiver, or vibrate. 

  • To fear; to be afraid. 

noun
  • A shake, quiver, or vibration. 

whiffle

verb
  • To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. 

  • To blow a short gust. 

  • To waste time. 

  • To waffle, talk aimlessly. 

  • To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along. 

  • To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter. 

  • To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle. 

  • To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other. 

  • To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle. 

noun
  • A short blow or gust. 

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