desiccate vs shrivel

desiccate

verb
  • To become dry; to dry up. 

  • To remove moisture from; to dry. 

  • To preserve by drying. 

noun
  • A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed. 

adj
  • Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated. 

shrivel

verb
  • To collapse inward; to crumble. 

  • To become wrinkled. 

  • To draw into wrinkles. 

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