boil vs lump

boil

noun
  • A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. 

  • The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point. 

  • A dish of boiled food, especially seafood. 

  • A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.) 

  • The collective noun for a group of hawks. 

verb
  • To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. 

  • To feel uncomfortably hot. 

  • To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid. 

  • To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. 

  • To begin to turn into a gas, seethe. 

  • To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. 

  • To be uncomfortably hot. 

  • To cook in boiling water. 

  • To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. 

lump

noun
  • A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. 

  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. 

  • A dull or lazy person. 

  • A beating or verbal abuse. 

  • A group, set, or unit. 

  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. 

  • A kind of fish, the lumpsucker. 

  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. 

verb
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). 

  • To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another. 

  • To hit or strike (a person). 

  • To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility. 

  • To form a lump or lumps. 

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