cling to vs spend

cling to

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

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

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

spend

verb
  • To waste or wear away; to be consumed. 

  • To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. 

  • To exhaust, to wear out. 

  • To be diffused; to spread. 

  • To pay out (money). 

  • To consume, to use up (time). 

  • To break ground; to continue working. 

noun
  • Discharged semen. 

  • Expenditures; money or pocket money. 

  • Vaginal discharge. 

  • Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. 

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