eddy vs whirl

eddy

noun
  • A circular current; a whirlpool. 

  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. 

  • A marijuana edible. 

verb
  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle. 

whirl

noun
  • Something that whirls. 

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

  • A rapid series of events. 

  • Dizziness or giddiness. 

  • An act of whirling. 

  • A confused tumult. 

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. 

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