pathway vs straight line

pathway

noun
  • A footpath or other path or track. 

  • A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism. 

  • A course of action. 

straight line

noun
  • A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points. 

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