hurt vs lifeline

hurt

verb
  • To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. 

  • To be painful. 

  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

  • To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. 

adj
  • Wounded, physically injured. 

  • Pained. 

noun
  • A roundel azure (blue circular spot). 

  • A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. 

  • A husk. 

  • An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. 

lifeline

noun
  • A particular crease in the palm. 

  • A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point. 

  • A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. 

  • A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies. 

  • System or structure of vital importance to a community. 

  • A source of salvation in a crisis. 

  • On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas. 

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