endeavor vs make a meal of

endeavor

verb
  • To work with purpose. 

  • To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. 

noun
  • A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity. 

make a meal of

verb
  • To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of. 

  • To eat something as a meal. 

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