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If I compare three phrases in google trends :
I get the following numbers:
The question is: Is "sale house" and "white house" already included in the number 91?
It is an important question, because if it is true, than:
Which means I have to compare 88 and 3, if I compare "house" and "sale house"
When you use just house it is not exact, it also talies broader queries that contain the term. The documentation states:
To compare up to 5 searches, separate them with commas: "table tennis", squash, handball
To find any of several terms, separate them with plus signs: tennis + squash
Put exact phrases in quotes: "table tennis"
Put a minus sign before a word you don't want: wimbledon -tennis
Putting quotes around "house" doesn't make any difference as far as I can see, but using house -sale -white does reduce the numbers by the amount you would expect.
