bilge vs bosh

bilge

noun
  • Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. 

  • The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. 

  • The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water. 

  • The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. 

  • talk bilge 

  • The bulging part of a barrel or cask. 

verb
  • To break open the bilge(s) of. 

  • To spring a leak in the bilge. 

  • To bulge or swell. 

bosh

noun
  • Nonsense. 

  • The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack. 

  • A fiddle (musical instrument). 

verb
  • To consume (illicit drugs). 

intj
  • An expression of disbelief or annoyance. 

  • An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task. 

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