twirl vs zigzag

twirl

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a 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. 

zigzag

verb
  • To move or to twist in a zigzag manner. 

adj
  • Moving in, or having a zigzag. 

adv
  • in a zigzag manner or pattern 

noun
  • A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions. 

  • One of these sharp turns. 

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