braise vs char

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

char

verb
  • To burn something to charcoal. 

  • To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant. 

  • To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour. 

  • To work or hew (stone, etc.) 

noun
  • A charred substance. 

  • A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady. 

  • An odd job, a chore or piece of housework. 

  • A character (text element such as a letter or symbol). 

  • One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus. 

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