realize vs spend

realize

verb
  • To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get 

  • To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time). 

  • To cause to seem real to other people. 

  • To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound. 

  • To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence 

  • To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc. 

  • To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience. 

spend

verb
  • To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. 

  • To waste or wear away; to be consumed. 

  • To exhaust, to wear out. 

  • To be diffused; to spread. 

  • To pay out (money). 

  • To consume, to use up (time). 

  • To break ground; to continue working. 

noun
  • Discharged semen. 

  • Expenditures; money or pocket money. 

  • Vaginal discharge. 

  • Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. 

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