assign vs reject

assign

verb
  • To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex. 

  • To give (a value) to a variable. 

  • To allot or give (something) as a task. 

  • To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. 

  • To attribute or sort (something) into categories. 

  • To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another. 

  • To appoint or select (someone) for some office. 

noun
  • An assignee. 

reject

verb
  • To refuse a romantic advance. 

  • To refuse to accept. 

  • To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. 

noun
  • A rejected takeoff. 

  • A rejected defective product in a production line. 

  • Something that is rejected. 

  • An unpopular person. 

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