build up vs grow

build up

verb
  • To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages. 

  • To close up by building. 

  • To strengthen. 

  • In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣) 

  • To erect; to construct. 

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 build up and grow occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )