catena vs compendium

catena

noun
  • A series of related items. 

  • A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope. 

compendium

noun
  • A list or collection of various items. 

  • A collection of board games packaged in a single box. 

  • A short, complete summary; an abstract. 

  • A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs. 

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