concern vs flay

concern

verb
  • To make somebody worried. 

  • To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest. 

  • To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. 

noun
  • The placement of interest or worry on a subject. 

  • The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person. 

  • That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. 

  • A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem. 

  • A business, firm or enterprise; a company. 

  • Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program. 

flay

verb
  • To be fear-stricken. 

  • To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). 

  • To frighten; scare; terrify. 

  • To strip the skin off; to skin. 

  • To lash or whip. 

noun
  • A fright; a scare. 

  • Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual. 

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