crush vs paste

crush

verb
  • To overcome completely; to subdue totally. 

  • To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. 

  • To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding. 

  • To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force. 

  • To feel infatuation or unrequited love. 

  • To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to. 

  • To overwhelm by pressure or weight. 

  • To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display. 

  • To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.). 

  • To oppress or grievously burden. 

noun
  • A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling. 

  • The human object of such infatuation or affection. 

  • A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure. 

  • The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place. 

  • A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. 

  • A group or gang. 

  • A crowd control barrier. 

  • The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display. 

  • A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing. 

  • A violent crowding. 

  • A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit. 

  • Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd. 

  • An infatuation with somebody one is not dating. 

paste

verb
  • To defeat decisively or by a large margin. 

  • To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else. 

  • To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste. 

  • To strike or beat someone or something. 

noun
  • One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. 

  • A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid 

  • The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded. 

  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass. 

  • One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste. 

  • One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc. 

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