defer vs give a fig

defer

verb
  • To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority. 

  • To render, to offer. 

  • To delay or postpone 

  • to postpone induction into military service. 

  • After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half). 

  • To delay, to wait. 

give a fig

verb
  • To care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker. 

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