fetch vs push

fetch

verb
  • To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. 

  • To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. 

  • To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. 

  • To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh) 

  • To reduce; to throw. 

  • To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. 

  • To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. 

  • To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. 

noun
  • An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. 

  • A stratagem or trick; an artifice. 

  • The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. 

  • An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves. 

  • An act of fetching data. 

  • The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”). 

  • The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction). 

intj
  • Minced oath for fuck. 

push

verb
  • To approach; to come close to. 

  • To move (a pawn) directly forward. 

  • To press or urge forward; to drive. 

  • To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate. 

  • To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot. 

  • To add (a data item) to the top of a stack. 

  • To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force. 

  • To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot). 

  • To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action. 

  • To make an all-in bet. 

  • To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal. 

  • To make a higher bid at an auction. 

  • To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.). 

  • To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action. 

  • To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers. 

noun
  • A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score 

  • A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. 

  • A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time 

  • An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. 

  • A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music. 

  • An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action. 

  • The addition of a data item to the top of a stack. 

  • A great effort (to do something). 

  • The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request. 

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