breathe vs exist

breathe

verb
  • To live. 

  • To inspire (scripture). 

  • To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way. 

  • To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath. 

  • To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise. 

  • To inhale (a gas) to sustain life. 

  • To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. 

  • To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.). 

  • To whisper quietly. 

  • To give an impression of, to exude. 

  • To expel air from the lungs, exhale. 

  • To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently. 

  • To draw something into the lungs. 

  • To exchange gases with the environment. 

  • To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath. 

exist

verb
  • to be; have existence; have being or reality 

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