away vs say

away

adv
  • Aside; off; in another direction. 

  • From a state or condition of being; out of existence. 

  • From a place, hence. 

  • On; in continuance; without intermission or delay. 

  • Without restraint. 

  • In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place. 

  • Aside, so as to discard something. 

  • In or to something's usual or proper storage place. 

  • So as to remove or use up something. 

  • Come away; go away; take away. 

  • At a stated distance in time or space. 

verb
  • To depart; to go to another place. 

intj
  • come on!; go on! 

adj
  • At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. 

  • Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target). 

  • Not on one's home territory. 

  • Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. 

  • Out. 

say

adv
  • For example; let us assume. 

  • Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach. 

noun
  • Tried quality; temper; proof. 

  • A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision. 

  • Essay; trial; attempt. 

  • Trial by sample; assay; specimen. 

  • A strainer for milk. 

intj
  • Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion 

verb
  • Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis. 

  • To tell, either verbally or in writing. 

  • To indicate in a written form. 

  • To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact. 

  • To recite. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To try; to assay. 

  • To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker. 

  • To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. 

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