seek vs set out

seek

verb
  • To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. 

  • To try to find; to look for; to search for. 

  • To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. 

  • To navigate through a stream. 

  • To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. 

  • To attempt, endeavour, try 

noun
  • The operation of navigating through a stream. 

set out

verb
  • To start an activity with the intention of finishing it. 

  • To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. 

  • To go out, leave. 

  • To position, to put in a position 

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