heap vs start

heap

verb
  • To pile in a heap. 

  • To supply in great quantity. 

  • To form or round into a heap, as in measuring. 

noun
  • A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children. 

  • A lot, a large amount 

  • A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. 

  • Memory that is dynamically allocated. 

  • A dilapidated place or vehicle. 

  • A great number or large quantity of things. 

  • A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation. 

adv
  • very; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans 

start

verb
  • To put into play. 

  • To begin. 

  • To flinch or draw back. 

  • To awaken suddenly. 

  • To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion). 

  • To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly. 

  • To break away, to come loose. 

  • To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate. 

  • To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from. 

  • To set in motion. 

  • To have its origin (at), begin. 

  • To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. 

  • To jerk suddenly in surprise. 

  • To start one's periods (menstruation). 

  • To begin an activity. 

  • To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine. 

noun
  • The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. 

  • An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event. 

  • The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket. 

  • The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. 

  • An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start. 

  • A handle, especially that of a plough. 

  • A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later. 

  • A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out. 

  • The beginning of an activity. 

  • An instance of starting. 

  • A sudden involuntary movement. 

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