view vs will o' the wisp

view

noun
  • An intention or prospect. 

  • A wake. 

  • The act of seeing or looking at something. 

  • A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases. 

  • A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory. 

  • An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user. 

  • Something to look at, such as scenery. 

  • The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with 

  • The range of vision. 

  • A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. 

  • A point of view. 

  • A mental image. 

verb
  • To regard in a stated way. 

  • To look at. 

will o' the wisp

noun
  • A delusionary or otherwise unachievable goal that one feels compelled to pursue. 

  • A flickering light or lantern, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, held by a supernatural creature who uses it to lure travelers at night to their demise. 

How often have the words view and will o' the wisp occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )