assimilate vs correlate

assimilate

verb
  • To liken, compare to something similar. 

  • To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. 

  • To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. 

  • To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind. 

  • To become similar. 

  • To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture. 

  • To be incorporated or absorbed into something. 

noun
  • Something that is or has been assimilated. 

correlate

verb
  • To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics. 

  • To be related by a correlation; to be correlated. 

noun
  • Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative. 

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