assert vs avow

assert

verb
  • To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. 

  • He would often assert that there was life on other planets. 

  • To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to 

  • To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. 

  • To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. 

  • To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current. 

  • To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code. 

noun
  • an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true. 

avow

verb
  • To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. 

  • To bind or devote by a vow. 

  • To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry. 

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