grub vs scoff

grub

noun
  • Food. 

  • An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle. 

  • A dirty person. 

  • A despicable person; a lowlife. 

verb
  • To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food. 

  • To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up. 

scoff

noun
  • Food. 

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

  • The act of eating. 

  • An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. 

verb
  • To eat. 

  • To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. 

  • To eat food quickly. 

  • To mock; to treat with scorn. 

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