abide vs brook

abide

verb
  • To endure without yielding; to withstand. 

  • Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”). 

  • To pay for; to stand the consequences of. 

  • To bear patiently. 

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 abide and brook occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )