affix vs basic

affix

noun
  • Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature. 

  • A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. 

  • A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc. 

  • The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b). 

  • That which is affixed; an appendage. 

verb
  • To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to. 

  • To attach. 

  • To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon. 

basic

noun
  • An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. 

  • A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. 

  • Basic training. 

adj
  • Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. 

  • Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. 

  • Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool. 

  • Necessary, essential for life or some process. 

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