animate vs energize

animate

verb
  • To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit. 

  • To impart motion or the appearance of motion to. 

adj
  • That which lives. 

  • Possessing the quality or ability of motion. 

  • Dynamic, energetic. 

  • having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans and animals, often also gods, plants, etc.) 

  • Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun. 

energize

verb
  • To invigorate; to make energetic. 

  • To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something). 

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