take up vs upcast

take up

verb
  • To address (an issue). 

  • To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from. 

  • To implement, to employ, to put into use. 

  • To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class. 

  • To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis. 

  • To occupy; to consume (space or time). 

  • Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”) 

  • To resume. 

  • To pick up. 

  • To shorten by hemming. 

upcast

verb
  • To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. 

  • To cast from subtype to supertype. 

  • To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft 

noun
  • A cast; a throw. 

  • A taunt; a reproach. 

  • A cast from subtype to supertype. 

  • An upset, as from a carriage. 

  • The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine. 

  • A message transmitted via upcasting. 

  • A current of air passed along such a shaft. 

adj
  • Cast up; thrown upward. 

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