adopt vs defy

adopt

verb
  • To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility. 

  • To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. 

  • To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. 

  • To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild. 

  • To select and take or approve. 

  • To beat an opponent ten times in a row. 

defy

verb
  • To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). 

  • To refuse to obey. 

  • To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations. 

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