cereal vs rice

cereal

noun
  • A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. 

  • The grains of such a grass. 

  • Breakfast cereal. 

rice

noun
  • Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. 

  • A specific variety of this plant. 

  • The seeds of this plant used as food. 

  • The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner. 

  • A twig or stick. 

verb
  • To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.) 

  • To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. 

  • To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding). 

  • To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). 

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