freight vs import

freight

verb
  • To transport (goods). 

  • To load or store (goods, etc.). 

  • To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load. 

  • Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo. 

  • To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers. 

noun
  • Payment for transportation. 

  • Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage. 

  • A burden, a load. 

  • The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation. 

  • Cultural or emotional associations. 

import

verb
  • To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. 

  • To be incumbent on (someone to do something). 

  • To mean, signify. 

  • To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. 

  • To load a file into a software application from another version or system. 

  • To be important or crucial to (that something happen). 

  • To be of importance to (someone or something). 

noun
  • Significance, importance. 

  • The practice of importing. 

  • Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. 

  • A foreigner playing in a sports league. 

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