decedent vs inanimate

decedent

noun
  • A dead person. 

adj
  • Removing; departing; deceased. 

inanimate

noun
  • Something that is not alive. 

adj
  • Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object. 

  • Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals. 

  • Not animate. 

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