offer vs shoehorn

offer

verb
  • To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. 

  • To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten. 

  • To happen, to present itself. 

  • To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. 

  • To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. 

  • To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). 

  • To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice. 

  • To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. 

noun
  • An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation. 

  • Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. 

  • A proposal that has been made. 

shoehorn

verb
  • 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 use a shoehorn. 

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

noun
  • 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. 

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

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