castoff vs mishandle

castoff

noun
  • Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject. 

adj
  • discarded, rejected. 

mishandle

noun
  • Ineffective or incorrect deal. 

  • Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse. 

  • Rough manipulation which causes physical damage. 

verb
  • To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation. 

  • To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage. 

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