hog vs take up

hog

verb
  • To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly. 

  • To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others. 

  • To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. 

  • To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag). 

  • To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel. 

noun
  • An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine). 

  • the effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop 

  • A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. 

  • A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson. 

  • A young sheep that has not been shorn. 

  • A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made. 

  • Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. 

  • A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share. 

  • A quahog (clam) 

take up

verb
  • To shorten by hemming. 

  • To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from. 

  • To implement, to employ, to put into use. 

  • To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class. 

  • To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis. 

  • To occupy; to consume (space or time). 

  • Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”) 

  • To resume. 

  • To pick up. 

  • To address (an issue). 

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