ascent vs incline

ascent

noun
  • An eminence, hill, or high place. 

  • The act of ascending; a motion upwards. 

  • An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy 

  • The ascender height in a typeface. 

  • The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness 

  • The way or means by which one ascends. 

incline

noun
  • A slope. 

  • A portal of a subway tunnel. 

verb
  • To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. 

  • To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc. 

  • To slope. 

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