grow vs putrefy

grow

verb
  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

  • To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) 

  • To develop, to mature. 

  • To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. 

  • To assume a condition or quality over time. 

putrefy

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

  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous. 

  • To corrupt; to make foul. 

  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition. 

  • To become gangrenous. 

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