apply vs impose

apply

verb
  • To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case 

  • To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group. 

  • To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative 

  • To address; to refer; generally used reflexively. 

  • To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) 

  • To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention 

  • To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position). 

impose

verb
  • To establish or apply by authority. 

  • To practice a trick or deception (on or upon). 

  • To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. 

  • to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way 

  • To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. 

  • to be an inconvenience (on or upon) 

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