dust vs turf

dust

verb
  • To leave; to rush off. 

  • To remove dust; to clean by removing dust. 

  • To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid. 

  • To kill. 

  • Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth. 

  • To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. 

  • To remove dust from. 

noun
  • The act of cleaning by dusting. 

  • Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths. 

  • The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. 

  • A disturbance or uproar. 

  • A low or mean condition. 

  • Something worthless. 

  • Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc. 

  • The earth, as the resting place of the dead. 

  • A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure. 

turf

verb
  • To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. 

  • To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out. 

  • To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. 

  • To cancel a project or product. 

  • To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for. 

  • To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. 

noun
  • A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses. 

  • A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. 

  • A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. 

  • A block of peat used as fuel. 

  • A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own. 

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