disqualify vs rule out

disqualify

verb
  • To make ineligible for something. 

  • To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification. 

rule out

verb
  • To make unavailable. 

  • To reject an option from a list of possibilities. 

  • To disallow. 

  • To make something impossible. 

  • To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler. 

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