rotate vs wry

rotate

verb
  • To spin, turn, or revolve something. 

  • To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order. 

  • To spin, turn, or revolve. 

  • To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff. 

  • To advance through a sequence; to take turns. 

  • To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns. 

  • To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first. 

adj
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped. 

wry

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

adj
  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

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