unfold vs unfurl

unfold

verb
  • To turn out; to happen; to develop. 

  • To undo a folding. 

  • To release from a fold or pen. 

  • To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development. 

  • To reveal. 

noun
  • In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold. 

unfurl

verb
  • To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress. 

  • To roll out or debut anything. 

  • To open up by unrolling. 

  • To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. 

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