seek vs step aside

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. 

step aside

verb
  • To deviate from the right or proper path; to err or stray. 

  • To move out of the way of somebody or something. 

  • To walk to a little distance; retire for the occasion. 

  • To make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service. 

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