meander vs wander

meander

noun
  • A tortuous or winding journey. 

  • One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse 

  • Perplexity. 

  • One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course. 

  • Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork. 

  • A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times. 

verb
  • To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. 

  • To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. 

wander

noun
  • An act or instance of wandering. 

  • The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value. 

verb
  • To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path. 

  • To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. 

  • Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention. 

  • To stray; stray from one's course; err. 

  • To commit adultery. 

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