cast away vs receive

cast away

verb
  • To discard. 

  • To abandon or maroon. 

  • To eliminate by means of a cast operation. 

receive

verb
  • To take goods knowing them to be stolen. 

  • To accept into the mind; to understand. 

  • To be in a position to hit back a service. 

  • To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to. 

  • To incur (an injury). 

  • To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something. 

  • To be in a position to catch a forward pass. 

  • To detect a signal from a transmitter. 

  • To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc. 

noun
  • An operation in which data is received. 

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