evade vs face up to

evade

verb
  • To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. 

  • To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from 

  • To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. 

face up to

verb
  • To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable. 

How often have the words evade and face up to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )