grow vs mature

grow

verb
  • To develop, to mature. 

  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

  • To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) 

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

  • To assume a condition or quality over time. 

mature

verb
  • To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe. 

  • To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature. 

  • To make (someone) mature. 

  • To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities). 

  • To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age. 

  • To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion. 

  • To reach the date when payment is due. 

adj
  • Brought to a state of complete readiness. 

  • Profound; careful. 

  • Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe. 

  • Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc. 

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