grief vs love

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. 

love

noun
  • A deep caring for the existence of another. 

  • A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something. 

  • A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm. 

  • Nothing; no recompense. 

  • An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair. 

  • Sexual activity. 

  • Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young. 

  • A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba. 

  • A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. 

  • A feeling of intense attraction towards someone. 

  • A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. 

  • Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being. 

  • A profound and caring affection towards someone. 

  • Zero, no score. 

  • Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction. 

verb
  • To have a strong affection for (someone or something). 

  • To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. 

  • To derive delight from a fact or situation. 

  • To need, thrive on. 

  • To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). 

  • To have sex with (perhaps from make love). 

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