buy vs find

buy

verb
  • to accept as true; to believe 

  • 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 obtain, especially by some sacrifice. 

noun
  • Something which is bought; a purchase. 

find

verb
  • To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish. 

  • To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that. 

  • To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into. 

  • To discover game. 

  • To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end. 

  • To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. 

  • To determine or judge. 

  • To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. 

  • To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. 

  • Locate on behalf of another 

  • To gain, as the object of desire or effort. 

  • To point out. 

noun
  • The act of finding. 

  • Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. 

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