hurt vs perpetuate

hurt

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

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

  • To be painful. 

  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

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. 

perpetuate

verb
  • To prolong the existence of (something) by repetition; to reinforce. 

  • To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion. 

  • To record (the testimony of a witness) which may be lost before a matter comes to trial. 

adj
  • Perpetual, or made perpetual; continued for an indefinite time. 

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