puzzle vs throw

puzzle

verb
  • To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation. 

  • To think long and carefully, in bewilderment. 

  • To make intricate; to entangle. 

noun
  • Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. 

  • A riddle. 

  • The state of being puzzled; perplexity. 

  • A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. 

  • A jigsaw puzzle. 

  • A crossword puzzle. 

throw

verb
  • To confuse or mislead. 

  • To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery. 

  • To install (a bridge). 

  • To eject or cause to fall off. 

  • To project or send forth. 

  • To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. 

  • Synonym of pass 

  • Of animals: to give birth to (young). 

  • To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower. 

  • To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. 

  • To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing. 

  • To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever). 

  • To deliver. 

  • To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air. 

  • To roll (a die or dice). 

  • To discard. 

  • To send desperately. 

  • To imprison. 

  • To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else. 

  • To show sudden emotion, especially anger. 

  • To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it. 

  • To move to another position or condition; to displace. 

  • To organize an event, especially a party. 

  • To intentionally lose a game. 

  • To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel. 

noun
  • The flight of a thrown object. 

  • The act of throwing something. 

  • One's ability to throw. 

  • A distance travelled; displacement. 

  • A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance. 

  • A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing. 

  • The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows. 

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