method vs surprise

method

verb
  • To apply a method to. 

  • To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold). 

noun
  • A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process). 

  • A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed. 

  • A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object. 

  • Marijuana. 

surprise

verb
  • To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise. 

  • To attack unexpectedly. 

  • To take unawares. 

  • To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected. 

  • To undergo or witness something unexpected. 

  • To cause surprise. 

noun
  • The feeling that something unexpected has happened. 

  • Something unexpected. 

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