confront vs endure

confront

verb
  • To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with 

  • To set a thing side by side with; to compare. 

  • To deal with. 

  • To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. 

  • To come up against; to encounter. 

  • To engage in confrontation. 

  • To bring someone face to face with something. 

endure

verb
  • To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. 

  • To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant. 

  • To last. 

  • To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. 

  • To suffer patiently. 

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