bear off vs forbear

bear off

verb
  • To restrain; to keep from approaching. 

  • To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything. 

  • To gain; to carry off, as a prize. 

  • To remove one of one's own checkers from the board. The first player to bear off all checkers is the winner. 

forbear

verb
  • To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. 

  • To control oneself when provoked. 

  • To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. 

  • To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. 

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