decorate vs garland

decorate

verb
  • To furnish with decorations. 

  • To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item. 

  • To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment. 

  • To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office. 

  • To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office. 

garland

verb
  • To form something into a garland. 

  • To deck or ornament something with a garland. 

noun
  • The top; the thing most prized. 

  • An accolade or mark of honour. 

  • A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in. 

  • A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 

  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. 

  • A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe. 

  • The crown of a monarch. 

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