desiccate vs grow

desiccate

verb
  • To become dry; to dry up. 

  • To remove moisture from; to dry. 

  • To preserve by drying. 

adj
  • Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated. 

noun
  • A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed. 

grow

verb
  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

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