fester vs putrefy

fester

verb
  • To become septic; to become rotten. 

  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention. 

  • To cause to fester or rankle. 

noun
  • The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment. 

  • A sore or an ulcer of the skin. 

putrefy

verb
  • To corrupt; to make foul. 

  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous. 

  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance. 

  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition. 

  • To become gangrenous. 

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