region vs turf

region

noun
  • The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. 

  • Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. 

  • A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province. 

  • An administrative subdivision of the European Union. 

  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture. 

  • A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. 

  • Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. 

turf

noun
  • A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own. 

  • A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses. 

  • A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. 

  • A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. 

  • A block of peat used as fuel. 

verb
  • To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out. 

  • To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. 

  • To cancel a project or product. 

  • To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for. 

  • To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. 

  • To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. 

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