care vs sympathy

care

noun
  • The state of being cared for by others. 

  • Maintenance, upkeep. 

  • Worry. 

  • The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession). 

  • Close attention; concern; responsibility. 

  • The object of watchful attention or anxiety. 

verb
  • To mind; to object. 

  • To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. 

  • To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). 

  • (with for) To look after or look out for. 

  • For it to matter to, or make any difference to. 

sympathy

noun
  • The ability to share the feelings of another. 

  • Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions. 

  • Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting. 

  • The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune. 

  • A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another. 

  • Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it. 

  • An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition. 

  • Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude. 

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