croak vs survive

croak

verb
  • To die. 

  • To kill someone or something. 

  • To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. 

  • To utter in a low, hoarse voice. 

  • To make a croak. 

  • To make its sound. 

noun
  • The call of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit) 

  • A faint, harsh sound made in the throat. 

  • The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures. 

survive

verb
  • To live past a life-threatening event. 

  • Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. 

  • Of an object or concept, to continue to exist. 

  • To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault. 

  • Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league. 

  • To live longer than; to outlive. 

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