devour vs ingest

devour

verb
  • To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. 

  • To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze. 

  • To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste. 

  • To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner. 

ingest

verb
  • To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract. 

  • To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake. 

  • To bring or import into a system. 

noun
  • The process of importing data or other material into a system. 

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