spurn vs upgrade

spurn

verb
  • To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 

  • To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 

  • To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 

noun
  • An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 

  • A kick; a blow with the foot. 

  • A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. 

upgrade

verb
  • To replace with something better. 

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

  • 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. 

noun
  • An upward grade or slope. 

  • An improvement 

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

adv
  • Up a slope or grade. 

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