invert vs progress

invert

verb
  • To turn (the foot) inwards. 

  • To divert; to convert to a wrong use. 

  • To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction. 

  • To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch. 

  • To undergo inversion, as sugar. 

adj
  • Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted. 

noun
  • The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch. 

  • A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp. 

  • An invertebrate. 

  • An inverted arch (as in a sewer). 

  • An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe. 

  • The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point. 

progress

verb
  • To expedite. 

  • To develop. 

  • To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance. 

  • To improve; to become better or more complete. 

noun
  • Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. 

  • Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. 

  • An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit. 

  • Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time. 

  • Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years. 

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