lay aside vs pigeonhole

lay aside

verb
  • To put (something) out of consideration. 

  • To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup. 

pigeonhole

verb
  • To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice). 

  • To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc. 

noun
  • A category. 

  • One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons. 

  • One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc. 

  • One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library. 

  • A similar compartment in a desk, used for sorting and storing papers. 

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