avidity vs thirst

avidity

noun
  • Eagerness; intenseness of desire. 

  • Greediness; strong appetite. 

  • The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins. 

thirst

noun
  • A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing. 

  • Sexual lust. 

  • A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. 

  • The condition producing the sensation of thirst. 

verb
  • To be thirsty. 

  • To desire vehemently. 

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