run out of steam vs starve

run out of steam

verb
  • To run out of energy or motivation. 

starve

verb
  • To deteriorate for want of any essential thing. 

  • To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold. 

  • To die because of lack of food or of not eating. 

  • To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food. 

  • To be very hungry. 

  • To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component. 

How often have the words run out of steam and starve occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )