ceremonial vs tradition

ceremonial

noun
  • A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. 

adj
  • Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony. 

tradition

noun
  • The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. 

  • An established or distinctive style or method 

  • A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays. 

  • A commonly held system. 

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