avoid vs look

avoid

verb
  • To try not to do something or to have something happen 

  • To stay out of the way of (something harmful). 

  • to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from 

  • To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun 

  • To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract). 

  • To defeat or evade; to invalidate. 

look

verb
  • To expect or anticipate. 

  • As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object. 

  • To make sure of, to see to. 

  • To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. 

  • To give an appearance of being. 

  • To express or manifest by a look. 

  • To face or present a view. 

  • As an intransitive verb, often with "at". 

  • To search for, to try to find. 

  • To appear, to seem. 

noun
  • A facial expression. 

  • Physical appearance, visual impression. 

  • The action of looking; an attempt to see. 

intj
  • Pay attention. 

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