submit vs ward off

submit

verb
  • To yield or give way to another. 

  • To yield (something) to another, as when defeated. 

  • To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission. 

  • To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. 

  • To subject; to put through a process. 

ward off

verb
  • To parry, or turn aside. 

  • To avert or prevent. 

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