row vs stand-up

row

noun
  • A continual loud noise. 

  • A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. 

  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. 

  • An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back. 

  • A noisy argument. 

  • An act or instance of rowing. 

verb
  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars. 

  • To be moved by oars. 

  • To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. 

  • To argue noisily. 

stand-up

noun
  • A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event. 

  • A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity). 

  • A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage 

  • A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee. 

  • A comedian who performs on stage. 

adj
  • Performed while standing although normally done while sitting. 

  • Honest; honorable. 

  • Upright; while standing. 

  • That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide. 

How often have the words row and stand-up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )