care vs grief

care

noun
  • The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession). 

  • Maintenance, upkeep. 

  • Worry. 

  • The state of being cared for by others. 

  • Close attention; concern; responsibility. 

  • The object of watchful attention or anxiety. 

verb
  • To mind; to object. 

  • To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. 

  • To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). 

  • (with for) To look after or look out for. 

  • For it to matter to, or make any difference to. 

grief

noun
  • Suffering, hardship. 

  • Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. 

  • Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. 

verb
  • To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game. 

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