find vs rummage

find

verb
  • To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. 

  • To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that. 

  • To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into. 

  • To discover game. 

  • To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end. 

  • To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish. 

  • To determine or judge. 

  • To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. 

  • To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. 

  • Locate on behalf of another 

  • To gain, as the object of desire or effort. 

  • To point out. 

noun
  • The act of finding. 

  • Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. 

rummage

verb
  • To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged. 

  • To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside. 

  • To search a vessel for smuggled goods. 

  • To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods. 

noun
  • A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship. 

  • A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble. 

  • A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder. 

  • The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage. 

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