avoid vs hound

avoid

verb
  • To try not to do something or to have something happen 

  • To stay out of the way of (something harmful). 

  • to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from 

  • To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun 

  • To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract). 

  • To defeat or evade; to invalidate. 

hound

verb
  • To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting. 

  • To persistently harass. 

noun
  • A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. 

  • Someone who seeks something. 

  • A houndfish. 

  • Any canine animal. 

  • A despicable person. 

  • A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. 

  • Projections at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on; foretop 

  • A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women. 

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