compartment vs islet

compartment

noun
  • Part of a protein that serves a specific function. 

  • A room, or section, or chamber 

  • A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand. 

  • One of the parts into which an area is subdivided. 

  • A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane. 

verb
  • To arrange in separate compartments. 

islet

noun
  • An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function. 

  • A small island. 

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