bear the brunt vs brook

bear the brunt

verb
  • To endure the worst part of something. 

brook

verb
  • To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate. 

noun
  • A water meadow. 

  • Low, marshy ground. 

  • A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. 

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