animate vs illusion

animate

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. 

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

  • To impart motion or the appearance of motion to. 

illusion

noun
  • A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. 

  • Anything that seems to be something that it is not. 

  • A magician’s trick. 

  • The state of being deceived or misled. 

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