calm vs whirl

calm

verb
  • To become calm. 

  • To make calm. 

adj
  • with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 

  • Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 

  • Free of noise and disturbance. 

  • Without wind or storm. 

noun
  • The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. 

  • A period of time without wind. 

  • The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. 

whirl

verb
  • To make something or someone whirl. 

  • To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. 

  • To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch. 

  • To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. 

noun
  • (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial. 

  • Something that whirls. 

  • A rapid series of events. 

  • Dizziness or giddiness. 

  • An act of whirling. 

  • A confused tumult. 

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