advance vs win

advance

verb
  • To make progress; to do well, to succeed. 

  • To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. 

  • To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. 

  • To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. 

  • To move forwards; to approach. 

  • To help the progress of (something); to further. 

  • To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. 

  • To raise or increase (a price, rate). 

  • To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. 

  • To increase (a number or amount). 

  • To make a higher bid at an auction. 

  • To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. 

adj
  • Completed before necessary or a milestone event. 

  • Preceding. 

  • Forward. 

noun
  • A forward move; improvement or progression. 

  • An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. 

  • An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. 

  • An addition to the price; rise in price or value. 

win

verb
  • To achieve victory. 

  • To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over). 

  • To defeat or surpass someone or something. 

  • To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). 

  • To have power, coercion or control. 

  • To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). 

  • To obtain (something desired). 

  • To cause a victory for someone. 

  • To extract (ore, coal, etc.). 

  • To dry by exposure to the wind. 

  • To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest. 

noun
  • A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement. 

  • An individual victory. 

  • Pleasure; joy; delight. 

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