choke out vs starve

choke out

verb
  • To destroy (something) by depriving it of a vital resource. 

  • To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold. 

  • To say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking. 

  • To extinguish (fire) (by depriving it of oxygen or fuel). 

  • To prevent (light) from passing through. 

  • To prevent (something) from growing by overwhelming it or robbing it of nutrients. 

starve

verb
  • To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food. 

  • To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold. 

  • To die because of lack of food or of not eating. 

  • To deteriorate for want of any essential thing. 

  • To be very hungry. 

  • To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component. 

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