give out vs overcome

give out

verb
  • To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience. 

  • To issue; to distribute. 

  • To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing. 

  • To complain, sulk, chastise. 

  • To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. 

  • To desist. 

  • To put forth, utter (prayers). 

  • To break down, get out of order, fail. 

  • To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. 

  • To run short, come to an end. 

overcome

verb
  • To recover from (a difficulty), to get over 

  • To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. 

  • To prevail. 

  • To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc. 

  • To come or pass over; to spread over. 

noun
  • The burden or recurring theme in a song. 

  • A surplus. 

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