exhale vs perspire

exhale

verb
  • To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.). 

  • To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour. 

  • To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge. 

  • To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm. 

  • To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out. 

noun
  • An exhalation. 

perspire

verb
  • To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. 

  • To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin. 

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