abaft vs in front of

abaft

prep
  • Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. 

adv
  • On the aft side; in the stern. 

in front of

prep
  • At or near the front part of (something). 

  • In the presence of, in view of (someone). 

  • Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something). 

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