exemplify vs play the part

exemplify

verb
  • To be an instance of or serve as an example. 

  • To prove by such an attested copy or transcript. 

  • To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal. 

  • To show or illustrate by example. 

play the part

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