beside vs by the same token

beside

prep

  • Besides; in addition. 

  • Not relevant to. 

  • Next to; at the side of. 

adv

  • Otherwise; else; besides. 

by the same token

prep

  • For a similar reason; in a similar manner 

How often have the words beside and by the same token occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )