bulge vs poke out

bulge

verb
  • To stick out from (a surface). 

  • To bilge, as a ship; to founder. 

noun
  • The outline of male genitals visible through clothing. 

  • A sudden rise in value or quantity. 

  • The bilge of a vessel. 

  • Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure. 

  • The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 

poke out

verb
  • To emerge from behind, in, or under something. 

  • To remove (something) by poking (often creating a hole in the process). 

  • To cause (something) to protrude or emerge. 

  • To be barely visible past an obstruction or obstructions; to protrude. 

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