deficient vs prerequisite

deficient

adj
  • Lacking something essential; often construed with in. 

  • Insufficient or inadequate in amount. 

  • Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n). 

noun
  • A person who is deficient. 

prerequisite

adj
  • Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable. 

noun
  • Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else. 

  • In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq. 

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