asphyxiate vs electrocute

asphyxiate

verb
  • To smother or suffocate someone. 

  • To be smothered or suffocated. 

electrocute

verb
  • To kill by electric shock. 

  • To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair. 

  • To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon. 

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