betoken vs bode

betoken

verb
  • To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known. 

  • To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens. 

bode

verb
  • To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. 

  • simple past tense of bide 

  • To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future. 

noun
  • A stop; a halting; delay. 

  • An omen; a foreshadowing. 

  • A herald; a messenger. 

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