cast about vs grub

cast about

verb
  • To try to find; look around; search. 

  • To plan; plot; contrive. 

grub

verb
  • To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up. 

  • To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food. 

noun
  • An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle. 

  • Food. 

  • A dirty person. 

  • A despicable person; a lowlife. 

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