concern vs stew

concern

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

  • 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 business, firm or enterprise; a company. 

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

verb
  • 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. 

  • To make somebody worried. 

stew

noun
  • A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion. 

  • A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. 

  • A dish cooked by stewing. 

  • A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat. 

  • A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating. 

  • An artificial bed of oysters. 

verb
  • To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong. 

  • To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions. 

  • To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. 

  • To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger. 

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