aid vs thrash

aid

verb
  • To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. 

  • To climb with the use of aids such as pitons. 

noun
  • Help; assistance; succor, relief. 

  • An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort. 

  • A helper; an assistant. 

  • An exchequer loan. 

  • Something which helps; a material source of help. 

  • A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions. 

  • The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse. 

thrash

verb
  • To thresh. 

  • To defeat utterly. 

  • To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. 

  • In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system. 

  • To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour. 

  • To beat mercilessly. 

noun
  • A beat or blow; the sound of beating. 

  • thrash metal 

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