crater vs lacuna

crater

noun
  • Any large, roughly circular depression or hole. 

  • The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 

  • A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. 

  • The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. 

verb
  • To form craters in a surface. 

  • To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed. 

  • To crash or fall. 

lacuna

noun
  • A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone. 

  • Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing. 

  • A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language. 

  • An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar. 

  • A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light. 

  • A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. 

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