give up vs keep on

give up

verb
  • To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) 

  • To admit defeat, capitulate 

  • Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, &c. 

  • To abandon (someone or something) 

  • To relinquish (something) 

  • To execute a trade on behalf of another broker. 

  • To surrender (someone or something) 

  • To lose hope concerning (someone or something) 

keep on

verb
  • To persist or continue. 

  • To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position. 

  • To cause or allow to remain in an existing position. 

  • To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener. 

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