devour vs disperse

devour

verb
  • To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste. 

  • To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze. 

  • To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner. 

  • To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. 

disperse

verb
  • To break up and disappear; to dissipate. 

  • To scatter in different directions. 

  • To disseminate. 

  • To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract. 

  • To distribute throughout. 

adj
  • Scattered or spread out. 

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