claim vs declination

claim

verb
  • To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. 

  • To cause the loss of, usually by violent means. 

  • To demand ownership of. 

  • To demand ownership or right to use for land. 

  • To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true. 

  • To demand compensation or damages through the courts. 

noun
  • The right or ground of demanding. 

  • The thing claimed. 

  • A demand of ownership for previously unowned land. 

  • A demand of ownership made for something. 

  • A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided. 

  • A legal demand for compensation or damages. 

declination

noun
  • At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. 

  • A refusal. 

  • At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane. 

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