ditch vs throw out

ditch

verb
  • To discard or abandon. 

  • To dig ditches around. 

  • To dig ditches. 

  • To throw into a ditch. 

  • To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey. 

  • To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. 

noun
  • A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. 

  • A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. 

throw out

verb
  • To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away. 

  • To offer an idea for consideration. 

  • To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere. 

  • To produce in a haphazard fashion. 

  • To emit. 

  • To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part). 

  • To put into a state of confusion. 

  • To cause to project. 

  • To utter carelessly. 

  • To outdistance; to leave behind. 

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