emulate vs follow in someone's footsteps

emulate

verb
  • To copy or imitate, especially a person. 

  • of a program or device: to imitate another program or device 

follow in someone's footsteps

verb
  • To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's. 

How often have the words emulate and follow in someone's footsteps occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )