cope vs pluck

cope

verb
  • To clip the beak or talons of a bird. 

  • To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. 

  • To cover (a joint or structure) with coping. 

  • To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. 

  • To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow. 

noun
  • The top part of a sand casting mold. 

  • A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure the hopelessness or despair of existence. 

  • Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle. 

  • A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass. 

  • A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water. 

  • The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc. 

  • An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. 

pluck

verb
  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

noun
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Cheap wine. 

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