clod vs lump

clod

noun
  • A lump of something, especially of earth or clay. 

  • Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. 

  • The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. 

  • A stupid person; a dolt. 

verb
  • To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot. 

  • To pelt with clods. 

  • To throw violently; to hurl. 

lump

noun
  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. 

  • A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. 

  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. 

  • A dull or lazy person. 

  • A beating or verbal abuse. 

  • A group, set, or unit. 

  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. 

  • A kind of fish, the lumpsucker. 

verb
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). 

  • To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another. 

  • To hit or strike (a person). 

  • To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility. 

  • To form a lump or lumps. 

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