rug vs shoehorn

rug

verb
  • To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. 

  • To cover with a rug. 

noun
  • A dense growth of chest hair. 

  • A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. 

  • A cloth covering for a horse. 

  • A wig; a hairpiece. 

  • A partial covering for a floor. 

  • The female pubic hair. 

  • A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog. 

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 rug and shoehorn occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )