basketball vs hurl

basketball

verb
  • To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball 

  • To play basketball 

noun
  • The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. 

  • A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. 

hurl

verb
  • To throw (something) with force. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target. 

  • To participate in the sport of hurling. 

noun
  • A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling. 

  • The act of vomiting. 

  • Vomit. 

  • A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc. 

  • The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley. 

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