apprehend vs dig

apprehend

verb
  • To seize or take (something); to take hold of. 

  • To be or become aware of (something); to perceive. 

  • To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard. 

  • To understand. 

  • To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose. 

  • To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest. 

  • To be apprehensive; to fear. 

  • To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear. 

  • To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize. 

  • To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand. 

dig

verb
  • To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up. 

  • To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way. 

  • To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. 

  • To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball 

  • To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up. 

  • To thrust; to poke. 

noun
  • Digoxin. 

  • A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team. 

  • A cutting, sarcastic remark. 

  • An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. 

  • A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand. 

  • A thrust; a poke. 

  • The occupation of digging for gold. 

  • An innings. 

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