march vs walkabout

march

noun
  • Steady forward movement or progression. 

  • A region at a frontier governed by a marquess. 

  • Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages. 

  • A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies. 

  • A political rally or parade 

  • Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music) 

  • The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand. 

verb
  • To have common borders or frontiers 

  • To make steady progress. 

  • To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does. 

  • To go to war; to make military advances. 

  • To cause someone to walk somewhere. 

walkabout

noun
  • A walking trip. 

  • An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return. 

  • A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes. 

  • A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally. 

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