discard vs grant

discard

verb
  • To throw away, to reject. 

  • To make a discard; to throw out a card. 

  • To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge. 

noun
  • A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later. 

  • Anything discarded. 

  • A discarded playing card in a card game. 

grant

verb
  • To assent; to consent. 

  • To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. 

  • to give (permission or wish) 

  • To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true. 

noun
  • The yielding or admission of something in dispute. 

  • The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. 

  • The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. 

  • A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government. 

  • An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like). 

  • The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made. 

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