describe vs recapitulate

describe

verb
  • To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. 

  • To give rise to a geometrical structure. 

  • To represent in words. 

  • To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. 

recapitulate

verb
  • To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function). 

  • (biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development. 

  • To summarize or repeat in concise form. 

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