negate vs stick to

negate

verb
  • To perform the NOT operation on. 

  • To be negative; bring or cause negative results. 

  • To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. 

  • To nullify or cause to be ineffective. 

stick to

verb
  • To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.) 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, to. 

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