cripple vs upgrade

cripple

noun
  • a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. 

  • A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. 

  • A rocky shallow in a stream. 

  • scrapple. 

verb
  • To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired. 

  • To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless. 

  • To damage seriously; to destroy. 

  • To nerf something which is overpowered. 

  • To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally. 

upgrade

noun
  • An upward grade or slope. 

  • An improvement 

  • An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology 

verb
  • To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components 

  • To replace with something better. 

  • To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to 

  • To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name. 

  • To improve in condition or status. 

adv
  • Up a slope or grade. 

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