hang on vs survive

hang on

verb
  • To keep; to store something for someone. 

  • To hold, grasp, or grip. 

  • To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration. 

  • To depend upon. 

  • To continually believe in something; to have faith in. 

  • To wait a moment. 

  • To persevere. 

survive

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

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

  • To live past a life-threatening event. 

  • 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 hang on and survive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )