bode vs herald

bode

noun
  • A herald; a messenger. 

  • A stop; a halting; delay. 

  • An omen; a foreshadowing. 

verb
  • simple past tense of bide 

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

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

herald

noun
  • A messenger, especially one bringing important news. 

  • A harbinger, giving signs of things to come. 

  • A handbill consisting of an advertisement. 

  • An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms. 

  • A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix. 

verb
  • To proclaim or announce an event. 

  • To greet something with excitement; to hail. 

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