automobile vs chariot

automobile

noun
  • A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar. 

adj
  • Self-moving; self-propelled. 

chariot

noun
  • A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes. 

  • rook 

  • A (two-wheeled) horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare. 

verb
  • To convey by, or as if by, chariot. 

  • To ride in a chariot. 

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