gale vs upsurge

gale

verb
  • To sail, or sail fast. 

  • To talk. 

  • To sing; charm; enchant. 

  • To cry; groan; croak. 

  • To call. 

  • To sing; utter with musical modulations. 

noun
  • A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens. 

  • A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale. 

  • An outburst, especially of laughter. 

upsurge

verb
  • to surge up, or to become stronger or greater 

noun
  • A sudden strong rise or flow. 

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