face up to vs thole

face up to

verb
  • To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable. 

thole

verb
  • To endure, to put up with, to tolerate. 

noun
  • A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe. 

  • A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars. 

  • A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus. 

How often have the words face up to and thole occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )