eliminate vs reject

eliminate

verb
  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

reject

verb
  • To refuse to accept. 

  • To refuse a romantic advance. 

  • 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 eliminate and reject occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )