assist vs sympathize

assist

verb
  • To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. 

  • To help. 

  • To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. 

noun
  • A decisive pass made to the goal scorer 

  • A helpful action or an act of giving. 

  • A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. 

sympathize

verb
  • To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected. 

  • To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action). 

  • To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. 

  • To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. 

  • To say in an expression of sympathy. 

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