dull vs revive

dull

verb
  • To lose a sharp edge; to become dull. 

  • To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp. 

  • To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy. 

  • To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. 

adj
  • Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding. 

  • Insensible; unfeeling. 

  • Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly. 

  • Sluggish, listless. 

  • Boring; not exciting or interesting. 

  • Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness. 

  • Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp. 

  • Cloudy, overcast. 

  • Heavy; lifeless; inert. 

  • Not clear, muffled. 

revive

verb
  • To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression. 

  • To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. 

  • To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. 

  • To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state 

  • To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying. 

  • To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again. 

  • To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. 

  • To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal) 

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