deluge vs gush

deluge

noun
  • A great flood or rain. 

  • An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction. 

  • A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire. 

verb
  • To flood with water. 

  • To overwhelm. 

gush

noun
  • A sudden rapid outflow. 

verb
  • To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment. 

  • To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume. 

  • To ejaculate during orgasm. 

  • To flow forth suddenly, in great volume. 

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