flourish vs stunt

flourish

verb
  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand. 

  • 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 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. 

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. 

stunt

verb
  • To check or hinder the growth or development of. 

  • To perform a stunt. 

  • To show off; to posture. 

noun
  • A check in growth. 

  • That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. 

  • A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line. 

  • A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber. 

  • A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. 

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