calcine vs cinder

calcine

noun
  • Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting. 

verb
  • To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something). 

  • To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime. 

  • To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it. 

  • Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it. 

  • To purify or refine (something). 

  • To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it. 

cinder

noun
  • Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc. 

  • An ember. 

  • Slag from a metal furnace. 

verb
  • To cover with cinders. 

  • To reduce to cinders. 

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