particle vs scrap

particle

noun
  • A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. 

  • A part of speech which cannot be inflected. 

  • A little bit. 

  • Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. 

  • A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm). 

  • In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity. 

scrap

noun
  • A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. 

  • Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades. 

  • A fight, tussle, skirmish. 

  • The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. 

  • The smallest amount. 

  • Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk. 

  • A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips. 

  • A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang. 

  • Leftover food. 

verb
  • To discard. 

  • To make into scrap. 

  • to fight 

  • To stop working on indefinitely. 

  • To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks. 

  • To dispose of at a scrapyard. 

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