refuse vs tune out

refuse

verb
  • To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. 

  • To melt again. 

  • To decline (a request or demand). 

  • To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. 

adj
  • Discarded, rejected. 

noun
  • Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. 

tune out

verb
  • To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out. 

  • To change the channel or frequency away from. 

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