approaching vs so much

approaching

adv
  • Nearly. 

noun
  • The act of coming closer; an approach. 

adj
  • That approaches or approach. 

so much

adv
  • To a certain degree or extent 

adj
  • To such a quantity, degree etc. 

noun
  • A particular amount, often a large or excessive amount. 

  • A demonstrated amount. 

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