give an idea of vs teach

give an idea of

teach

verb
  • To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. 

  • To pass on knowledge to. 

  • To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action. 

  • To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something). 

noun
  • teacher 

How often have the words give an idea of and teach occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )