grow vs wither

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. 

wither

verb
  • To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away. 

  • To become helpless due to emotion. 

  • To cause to shrivel or dry up. 

  • To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. 

  • To make helpless due to emotion. 

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