germinate vs shrivel

germinate

verb
  • Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves. 

  • To cause to grow; to produce. 

shrivel

verb
  • To become wrinkled. 

  • To collapse inward; to crumble. 

  • To draw into wrinkles. 

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