set about vs work through

set about

verb
  • To initiate or begin some action. 

  • To attack. 

work through

verb
  • To get past a difficult or stressful situation by thinking or talking about it. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, through. 

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