ambition vs win

ambition

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

noun
  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

win

verb
  • To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). 

  • To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over). 

  • To defeat or surpass someone or something. 

  • To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). 

  • To achieve victory. 

  • To have power, coercion or control. 

  • To obtain (something desired). 

  • To cause a victory for someone. 

  • To extract (ore, coal, etc.). 

  • To dry by exposure to the wind. 

  • To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest. 

noun
  • A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement. 

  • An individual victory. 

  • Pleasure; joy; delight. 

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