manipulate vs resign

manipulate

verb
  • To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something 

  • To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use 

  • To move, arrange or operate something using the hands 

  • To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose 

resign

verb
  • To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another. 

  • To quit (a job or position). 

  • To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. 

  • To give up; to relinquish ownership of. 

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