breadcrumb vs refuse

breadcrumb

verb
  • To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking. 

  • To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface). 

  • To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction. 

noun
  • A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid. 

  • One in a series of clues leading to a person or place. 

  • A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread. 

refuse

verb
  • To melt again. 

  • To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. 

  • To decline (a request or demand). 

  • To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. 

adj
  • Discarded, rejected. 

noun
  • Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. 

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