birth vs dying

birth

noun
  • A beginning or start; a point of origin. 

  • The process of childbearing; the beginning of life. 

  • That which is born. 

  • An instance of childbirth. 

  • The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing. 

adj
  • A familial relationship established by childbirth. 

verb
  • To bear or give birth to (a child). 

  • To produce, give rise to. 

dying

adj
  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. 

  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. 

  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund. 

noun
  • The process of approaching death; loss of life; death. 

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