pass by vs rebuff

pass by

verb
  • To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard. 

  • to drop by 

  • Of a period of time: to come to an end, to elapse. 

  • To travel past without stopping. 

rebuff

verb
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. 

  • To buff again. 

noun
  • Repercussion, or beating back. 

  • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal. 

  • A sudden resistance or refusal. 

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