backdate vs predate

backdate

verb
  • To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date. 

noun
  • An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date. 

predate

verb
  • To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".) 

  • To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate. 

  • To prey upon something. 

noun
  • A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue. 

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