cling to vs hate

cling to

verb
  • To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone). 

  • To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to. 

hate

verb
  • Used in a phrasal verb: hate on. 

  • To experience hatred. 

  • To dislike intensely or greatly. 

noun
  • An object of hatred. 

  • Hatred. 

  • Negative feedback, abusive behaviour. 

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