follow vs progress

follow

verb
  • To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. 

  • To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. 

  • To understand, to pay attention to. 

  • To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. 

  • To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc). 

  • To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.). 

  • To be a logical consequence of something. 

  • To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. 

  • To go or come after in a sequence. 

noun
  • In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. 

  • The act of following another user's online activity. 

progress

verb
  • To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance. 

  • To develop. 

  • To expedite. 

  • To improve; to become better or more complete. 

noun
  • Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. 

  • Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. 

  • An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit. 

  • Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time. 

  • Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years. 

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