direct vs scud

direct

verb
  • To aim (something) at (something else). 

  • To manage, control, steer. 

  • To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way. 

  • To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order. 

adj
  • having a single flight number. 

  • Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end. 

  • Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates. 

  • Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. 

  • Proceeding without deviation or interruption. 

  • Straightforward; sincere. 

  • In the line of descent; not collateral. 

  • In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body. 

adv
  • Directly. 

scud

verb
  • To hit or slap. 

  • To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds). 

  • To skim flat stones so they skip along the water. 

  • To speed. 

  • To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set. 

adj
  • Naked. 

noun
  • The drink Irn-Bru. 

  • A gust of wind. 

  • A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer. 

  • A swift runner. 

  • The act of scudding. 

  • A form of garden hoe. 

  • Any swimming amphipod. 

  • A scab on a wound. 

  • A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. 

  • Pornography. 

  • A slap; a sharp stroke. 

  • Clouds or rain driven by the wind. 

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