following vs serial

following

adj
  • Coming next, either in sequence or in time. 

  • About to be specified. 

  • Blowing in the direction of travel. 

prep
  • After, subsequent to. 

noun
  • A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after. 

  • A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage. 

  • Vocation; business; profession. 

serial

adj
  • Having to do with or arranged in a series. 

  • Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing. 

  • Published or produced in installments. 

  • Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly. 

verb
  • to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft) 

noun
  • A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end. 

  • A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot. 

  • A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end. 

  • A serial number, esp. one required to activate software. 

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