bury vs den

bury

verb
  • To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. 

  • To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out. 

  • To outlive. 

  • To score a goal. 

  • To place in the ground. 

  • To suppress and hide away in one's mind. 

  • To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb. 

  • To put an end to; to abandon. 

  • To kill or murder. 

noun
  • A borough; a manor 

den

verb
  • To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. 

noun
  • Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”) 

  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. 

  • A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together. 

  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. 

  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. 

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