wry vs zany

wry

adj
  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

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

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

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

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

noun
  • Distortion. 

zany

adj
  • Ludicrously or incongruously comical. 

  • Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish. 

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