except vs pass over

except

verb
  • To take exception, to object (to or against). 

  • To exclude; to specify as being an exception. 

conj
  • With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. 

prep
  • with the exception of; but. 

pass over

verb
  • To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over. 

  • To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something). 

  • To bypass (something); to skip (something). 

  • To overlook; not to note or resent. 

  • To die and thus progress to the afterlife. 

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