chew over vs ponder

chew over

verb
  • To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over. 

ponder

verb
  • To wonder, think of deeply. 

  • To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly. 

noun
  • A period of deep thought. 

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