discard vs uphold

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. 

uphold

verb
  • To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned) 

  • To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling 

  • To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. 

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