accumulate vs grow

accumulate

verb
  • To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. 

  • To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively) 

adj
  • Collected; accumulated. 

grow

verb
  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) 

  • To develop, to mature. 

  • To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. 

  • To assume a condition or quality over time. 

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