hare vs hurry

hare

verb
  • To move swiftly. 

noun
  • The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed. 

  • Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears. 

adj
  • Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people). 

  • Cold, frosty (of weather). 

hurry

verb
  • To do things quickly. 

  • Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. 

  • To cause to be done quickly. 

  • To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. 

  • To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. 

  • To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway. 

noun
  • Rushed action. 

  • Urgency. 

  • an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. 

  • A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. 

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