follow vs vindicate

follow

verb
  • To be a logical consequence of something. 

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

  • To go or come after in a sequence. 

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

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. 

vindicate

verb
  • To provide justification for. 

  • To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. 

  • To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism. 

  • To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition. 

  • To justify by providing evidence. 

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