fever vs sepsis

fever

noun
  • Any of various diseases. 

  • A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. 

  • A group of stingrays. 

  • A state of excitement or anxiety. 

verb
  • To become fevered. 

  • To put into a fever; to affect with fever. 

sepsis

noun
  • A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection. 

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