germinate vs putrefy

germinate

verb
  • Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves. 

  • To cause to grow; to produce. 

putrefy

verb
  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous. 

  • To corrupt; to make foul. 

  • 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 germinate and putrefy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )