plug vs push

plug

verb
  • To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it. 

  • To persist or continue with something. 

  • To ingest a drug rectally 

  • To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. 

  • To have sex with, penetrate sexually. 

  • To shoot a bullet into something with a gun. 

noun
  • A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial. 

  • A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape. 

  • A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed. 

  • An electric socket: wall plug. 

  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole. 

  • A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. 

  • A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear. 

  • A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. 

  • A high, tapering silk hat. 

  • A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose. 

  • A drug dealer. 

  • A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate. 

  • A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails. 

  • A worthless horse. 

  • A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks. 

push

verb
  • To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.). 

  • To move (a pawn) directly forward. 

  • To press or urge forward; to drive. 

  • To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate. 

  • To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot. 

  • To add (a data item) to the top of a stack. 

  • To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force. 

  • To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot). 

  • To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action. 

  • To make an all-in bet. 

  • To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal. 

  • To make a higher bid at an auction. 

  • To approach; to come close to. 

  • To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action. 

  • To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers. 

noun
  • A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score 

  • A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. 

  • A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time 

  • An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. 

  • A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music. 

  • An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action. 

  • The addition of a data item to the top of a stack. 

  • A great effort (to do something). 

  • The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request. 

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