fiend vs zed

fiend

noun
  • A very evil person. 

  • An addict or fanatic. 

  • A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. 

verb
  • To yearn; to be desperate (for something). 

zed

noun
  • A zombie. 

  • Something Z-shaped. 

  • The name of the Latin-script letter Z. 

  • Sleep. 

verb
  • To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.) 

  • To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns. 

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