tricycle vs trike

tricycle

noun
  • A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children. 

  • An autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw 

verb
  • To ride a tricycle. 

trike

noun
  • A tricycle, typically that of a child 

  • A three-wheeled motorbike 

  • A triceratops. 

  • A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger 

verb
  • To tricycle; to travel by tricycle. 

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