nominate vs sift out

nominate

verb
  • To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. 

  • To specify in advance which pocket a ball eill be potted in; to call; to name. 

adj
  • nominotypical 

sift out

verb
  • To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things. 

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