gruel vs rubbish

gruel

noun
  • something that lacks substance 

  • A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. 

  • punishment 

  • semen 

verb
  • ejaculate 

  • To exhaust, use up, disable 

  • to punish 

rubbish

noun
  • An item, or items, of low quality. 

  • Nonsense. 

  • Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash. 

verb
  • To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage. 

  • To litter. 

intj
  • Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense! 

  • Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible. 

adj
  • Exceedingly bad; awful. 

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