buy vs come by

buy

verb
  • To obtain, especially by some sacrifice. 

  • To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift) 

  • To make a bluff, usually a large one. 

  • To bribe. 

  • To be equivalent to in value. 

  • To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods. 

  • to accept as true; to believe 

noun
  • Something which is bought; a purchase. 

come by

verb
  • To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily. 

  • To come near to; to pass; to visit. 

intj
  • A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep 

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