festoon vs wreath

festoon

noun
  • An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots. 

  • Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue. 

  • Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks. 

  • A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone. 

  • A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode. 

  • Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment. 

  • A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament. 

  • A raised cable with light globes attached. 

  • Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia. 

verb
  • To decorate with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots. 

  • To decorate or bedeck abundantly. 

  • To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue. 

  • To make festoons. 

wreath

noun
  • An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms. 

  • An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor. 

  • A defect in glass. 

  • Something twisted, intertwined, or curled. 

verb
  • To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something. 

  • To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. 

  • To wrap around something in a circle. 

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