caprice vs verb

caprice

noun
  • An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion. 

  • A capriccio. 

  • A brief romance. 

  • An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. 

  • A disposition to be impulsive. 

verb

noun
  • An action as opposed to a trait or thing. 

  • A named command that performs a specific operation on an object. 

  • A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. 

verb
  • To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb. 

  • To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. 

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