revive vs rot

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) 

rot

noun
  • Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. 

  • The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. 

  • Verbal nonsense. 

  • Decaying matter. 

verb
  • To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. 

  • To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place). 

  • To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. 

  • To decline in function or utility. 

  • To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt. 

  • To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes. 

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