vamper vs whet

vamper

verb
  • To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. 

noun
  • One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler. 

whet

verb
  • To stimulate or make more keen. 

  • To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone. 

noun
  • The act of whetting something. 

  • That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer. 

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