atrophy vs emaciate

atrophy

verb
  • To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. 

  • To wither or waste away. 

noun
  • A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. 

emaciate

verb
  • To become extremely thin or wasted. 

  • To make extremely thin or wasted. 

adj
  • emaciated 

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