droop vs flourish

droop

verb
  • To hang downward; to sag. 

  • To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag. 

  • To slowly become limp; to bend gradually. 

  • To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. 

  • To allow to droop or sink. 

noun
  • A condition or posture of drooping. 

  • A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing. 

  • Something which is limp or sagging. 

flourish

verb
  • To prosper or fare well. 

  • 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 make bold, sweeping movements with. 

  • To be in a period of greatest influence. 

  • 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 droop and flourish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )