outdo vs upstage

outdo

verb
  • To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. 

upstage

verb
  • To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment. 

  • To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage. 

  • To treat snobbishly. 

  • To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage. 

adv
  • Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage. 

  • Away from the audience or camera. 

adj
  • At the rear of a stage. 

noun
  • The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera. 

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