activate vs rouse

activate

verb
  • To render more reactive; excite. 

  • To organize or create a military unit or station. 

  • To bring a player back after an injury. 

  • To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. 

  • To render a substance radioactive. 

  • To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating. 

  • To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock. 

  • To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function. 

  • To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. 

  • To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter. 

rouse

verb
  • To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.). 

  • To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy. 

  • To provoke (someone) to action or anger. 

  • To cause to start from a covert or lurking place. 

  • To pull by main strength; to haul. 

  • To tell off; to criticise. 

noun
  • An arousal. 

  • The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse. 

  • A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. 

  • An official ceremony over drinks. 

  • Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper. 

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