fight vs surrender

fight

verb
  • To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract. 

  • To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.). 

  • To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. 

  • Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize. 

  • To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. 

  • To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. 

  • To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success. 

noun
  • An occasion of fighting. 

  • A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups. 

  • A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife. 

  • The will or ability to fight. 

  • A boxing or martial arts match. 

surrender

verb
  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another. 

  • To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy. 

  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign. 

  • To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc. 

  • For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value. 

  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet. 

  • To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in. 

noun
  • An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation. 

  • The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand. 

  • The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists. 

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