climb vs stumble

climb

verb
  • To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet. 

  • To mount; to move upwards on. 

  • To move to a higher position on the social ladder. 

  • to jump high 

  • Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something. 

  • to practise the sport of climbing 

  • To scale; to get to the top of something. 

  • To ascend; rise; to go up. 

noun
  • The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. 

  • An upwards struggle 

  • An act of climbing. 

stumble

verb
  • To trip or fall; to walk clumsily. 

  • To cause to stumble or trip. 

  • To make a mistake or have trouble. 

  • To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against. 

  • To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall. 

noun
  • An error or blunder. 

  • A fall, trip or substantial misstep. 

  • A clumsy walk. 

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