discard vs hire

discard

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

  • To throw away, to reject. 

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

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. 

hire

verb
  • To accept employment. 

  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent. 

  • To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. 

  • To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. 

  • To accomplish by paying for services. 

  • To exchange the services of for remuneration. 

  • (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job 

noun
  • Payment for the temporary use of something. 

  • A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort. 

  • The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. 

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