attrit vs stick to

attrit

verb
  • To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out. 

  • To be reduced in quantity through attrition. 

  • To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower. 

  • To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition. 

noun
  • One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee. 

stick to

verb
  • To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.) 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, to. 

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