garland vs wreath

garland

noun
  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. 

  • The top; the thing most prized. 

  • An accolade or mark of honour. 

  • A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in. 

  • A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 

  • A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe. 

  • The crown of a monarch. 

verb
  • To deck or ornament something with a garland. 

  • To form something into a garland. 

wreath

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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 garland and wreath occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )