administer vs shirk

administer

verb
  • To give, as an oath. 

  • To apportion out, distribute. 

  • To minister (to). 

  • To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity. 

  • To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. 

  • (medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means. 

  • (medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit. 

shirk

verb
  • To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. 

  • To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. 

  • To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. 

noun
  • One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility. 

  • The unforgivable sin of idolatry. 

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