beyond vs the past

beyond

noun
  • The hereafter. 

  • Something that is far beyond. 

  • The unknown. 

prep
  • Later than; after. 

  • Further away than. 

  • Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. 

  • In addition to; supplementing. 

  • Past, or out of reach of. 

  • On the far side of. 

  • Not within the comprehension of. 

adv
  • Farther along or away. 

  • In addition; more. 

  • extremely, more than 

the past

noun
  • the period of time that has already happened 

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