shelve vs tray

shelve

verb
  • To place on a shelf. 

  • To set aside; to quit or postpone. 

  • To furnish with shelves. 

  • To slope; to incline; to form into shelves. 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion. 

noun
  • A rocky ledge or shelf. 

tray

verb
  • to place (items) on a tray 

  • to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria. 

noun
  • A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay) 

  • A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. 

  • The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. 

  • The items on a full tray. 

  • A notification area used for icons and alerts. 

  • A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. 

  • A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations. 

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