hurry vs linger

hurry

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

  • 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 do things quickly. 

  • 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. 

linger

verb
  • To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. 

  • To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. 

  • To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. 

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