twirl vs twisting

twirl

noun
  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

  • A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

twisting

noun
  • The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission. 

adj
  • Having many twists 

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