collapse vs flourish

collapse

verb
  • To fold compactly. 

  • To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely. 

  • To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. 

  • To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder. 

  • To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint. 

  • For several batsmen to get out in quick succession 

  • To cause something to collapse. 

noun
  • Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). 

  • The act of collapsing. 

flourish

verb
  • To make bold, sweeping movements with. 

  • To thrive or grow well. 

  • To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. 

  • To be in a period of greatest influence. 

  • To prosper or fare well. 

  • To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. 

  • To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions. 

  • To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude. 

  • To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures. 

  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand. 

noun
  • A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare. 

  • An ornamentation. 

  • A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag. 

  • A decorative embellishment on a building. 

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