communicate vs converse

communicate

verb
  • To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. 

  • To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. 

  • To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. 

  • To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. 

  • To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). 

  • To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. 

  • To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. 

converse

verb
  • To talk; to engage in conversation. 

  • To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune. 

adj
  • opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal 

noun
  • Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. 

  • The opposite or reverse. 

  • One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym. 

  • Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true.". 

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