communicate vs dry up

communicate

verb
  • To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. 

  • To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. 

  • To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. 

  • To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. 

  • To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). 

  • To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. 

  • To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. 

dry up

verb
  • To deprive someone of (something vital). 

  • To manually dry dishes. 

  • To cause to become dry. 

  • To cease to exist; to disappear 

  • To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. 

  • When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs. 

  • To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say. 

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