foretell vs prefigure

foretell

verb
  • To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy. 

  • To tell (a person) of the future. 

prefigure

verb
  • To predict or foresee. 

  • To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context). 

noun
  • That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger. 

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