shoehorn vs will

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. 

will

verb
  • To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something. 

  • To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation. 

  • To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. 

  • Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. 

  • To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). 

  • Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference". 

  • To be able to, to have the capacity to. 

  • To habitually do (a given action). 

  • To wish, desire (something). 

noun
  • One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. 

  • Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent 

  • The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. 

  • One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. 

  • A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes. 

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