prey vs quarry

prey

verb
  • To act as a predator. 

noun
  • That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured 

  • A person or thing given up as a victim. 

  • A living thing that is eaten by another living thing. 

  • The victim of a disease. 

quarry

verb
  • To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. 

  • To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry. 

  • To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching. 

noun
  • A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate. 

  • An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted. 

  • An object of search or pursuit. 

  • A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone. 

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