clear up vs surprise

clear up

verb
  • To clarify, to correct a misconception. 

  • To depart or disappear. 

  • To clean up. 

  • To become free of certain blemishes. 

  • Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm. 

  • To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn. 

surprise

verb
  • To take unawares. 

  • To attack unexpectedly. 

  • To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise. 

  • To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected. 

  • To undergo or witness something unexpected. 

  • To cause surprise. 

noun
  • The feeling that something unexpected has happened. 

  • Something unexpected. 

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