dodge vs obtrude

dodge

verb
  • To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. 

  • To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. 

  • To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn). 

  • To avoid; to sidestep. 

adj
  • Dodgy. 

noun
  • An act of dodging. 

  • A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.) 

  • A line of work. 

obtrude

verb
  • To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into). 

  • To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in. 

  • To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area. 

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