build vs decline

build

verb
  • To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process. 

  • To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention. 

  • To establish a basis for (something). 

  • To construct (software) by compiling its source code. 

  • To form by combining materials or parts. 

  • To develop in magnitude or extent. 

  • To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to. 

  • To form (something) by combining materials or parts. 

noun
  • A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player. 

  • Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users. 

  • The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure. 

decline

verb
  • To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun. 

  • To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain. 

  • To cause to decrease or diminish. 

  • To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall. 

  • To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw. 

  • To move downwards, to fall, to drop. 

  • To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like. 

  • To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play. 

  • To become weaker or worse. 

  • To recite all the different declined forms of (a word). 

noun
  • A weakening. 

  • Downward movement, fall. 

  • A reduction or diminution of activity. 

  • The act of declining or refusing something. 

  • A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road. 

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