pitching vs stoke

pitching

noun
  • The act of throwing or casting. 

  • The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. 

  • A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. 

stoke

noun
  • An act of poking, piercing, thrusting 

verb
  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. 

  • To poke, pierce, thrust. 

  • To encourage a behavior or emotion. 

  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. 

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