devour vs spew

devour

verb
  • To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste. 

  • To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze. 

  • To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner. 

  • To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. 

spew

verb
  • To eject forcibly and in a stream, 

  • To ejaculate. 

  • To be forcibly ejected. 

  • To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning. 

  • To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. 

  • To be written or spoken voluminously. 

  • To vomit. 

noun
  • Nonsense or lies. 

  • A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather. 

  • Ejaculate or ejaculation. 

  • Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing. 

  • Vomit. 

  • Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint. 

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