manufacture vs shoehorn

manufacture

noun
  • The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale. 

  • The process of such production; generation, creation. 

  • A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms. 

  • Anything made, formed or produced; product. 

verb
  • To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point. 

  • To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery. 

  • To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use. 

shoehorn

noun
  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

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