hope vs thirst

hope

verb
  • To wish. 

  • To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. 

  • To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. 

  • To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. 

noun
  • A sloping plain between mountain ridges. 

  • A small bay; an inlet; a haven. 

  • A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe. 

  • The virtuous desire for future good. 

  • The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. 

  • The actual thing wished for. 

  • A person or thing that is a source of hope. 

thirst

verb
  • To desire vehemently. 

  • To be thirsty. 

noun
  • Sexual lust. 

  • A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing. 

  • A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. 

  • The condition producing the sensation of thirst. 

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