area vs turf

area

noun
  • Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. 

  • A particular geographic region. 

  • An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings. 

  • The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept. 

  • Genitals. 

  • A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units. 

  • Penalty box; penalty area. 

turf

noun
  • A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. 

  • A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses. 

  • A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. 

  • A block of peat used as fuel. 

  • A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own. 

verb
  • To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out. 

  • To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. 

  • To cancel a project or product. 

  • To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for. 

  • To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. 

  • To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. 

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