consume vs scoff

consume

verb
  • To eat. 

  • To use up. 

  • To trade money for good or services as an individual. 

  • To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of. 

  • To destroy completely. 

  • To absorb information, especially through the mass media. 

scoff

verb
  • To eat. 

  • To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. 

  • To eat food quickly. 

  • To mock; to treat with scorn. 

noun
  • A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. 

  • The act of eating. 

  • An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. 

  • Food. 

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