avoid vs invite

avoid

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

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

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

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

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

  • To defeat or evade; to invalidate. 

invite

verb
  • To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. 

  • To encourage. 

  • To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. 

  • To request formally. 

noun
  • An invitation. 

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