effort vs undertaking

effort

noun
  • An endeavor. 

  • The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. 

  • A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. 

verb
  • To make an effort. 

undertaking

noun
  • The act of one who undertakes (in either sense). 

  • A promise or pledge; a guarantee. 

  • That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. 

  • The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals. 

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