seek vs shirk

seek

verb
  • To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. 

  • 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 attempt, endeavour, try 

noun
  • The operation of navigating through a stream. 

shirk

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

  • 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. 

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

  • The unforgivable sin of idolatry. 

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