awash vs flooded

awash

adj
  • Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water. 

  • Covered, overspread (with or in something). 

flooded

adj
  • Filled with water from rain or rivers. 

  • Filled with too much fluid. 

  • Overwhelmed with too much of something. 

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