de- vs ob-

de-

prefix
  • reversal, undoing, removing 

  • from, off 

  • Intensifying 

ob-

prefix
  • Of a reversed shape. 

  • Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic. 

  • Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin. 

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