Creole vs vocabulary

Creole

name
  • Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti. 

noun
  • A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers. 

  • Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant). 

  • A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country. 

  • Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language. 

adj
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole. 

  • Designating a creolized language. 

  • That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors. 

  • Prepared according to a cooking style developed in a Creole area, now especially that of Louisiana, characterised by a mixture of European and African influences. 

vocabulary

noun
  • The collection of words a person knows and uses. 

  • A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques. 

  • The stock of words used in a particular field. 

  • A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. 

  • The words of a language collectively; lexis. 

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