do nothing vs vegetate

do nothing

verb
  • To not take any action; to fail to do or accomplish something. 

vegetate

verb
  • To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. 

  • To grow or sprout. 

  • To spread abnormally. 

How often have the words do nothing and vegetate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )