grow vs slow down

grow

verb
  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

  • To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) 

  • To develop, to mature. 

  • To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. 

  • To assume a condition or quality over time. 

slow down

verb
  • To decelerate. 

  • To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something. 

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