assume vs create

assume

verb
  • To take on a position, duty or form 

  • To receive, adopt (a person) 

  • To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate 

  • To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof 

  • To adopt (an idea or cause) 

create

verb
  • To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute. 

  • To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) 

  • In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character. 

  • To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion. 

  • To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc. 

  • To make a fuss, complain; to shout. 

  • To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative. 

  • To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used. 

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