escalate vs online

escalate

verb
  • In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority 

  • To climb. 

  • To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. 

online

verb
  • To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state. 

adv
  • While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet. 

adj
  • Available over, or delivered from, the Internet. 

  • Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service. 

  • Connected to the Internet. 

  • Available on a computer system, even if not networked. 

  • Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid. 

  • Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant. 

  • Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally) 

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