habitation vs homestead

habitation

noun
  • A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. 

  • A farm. 

  • The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. 

  • A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League. 

homestead

noun
  • The place that is one's home. 

  • A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. 

  • A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, that was distributed to settlers from Europe or eastern North America under the Dominion Lands Act of 1870 in Canada or the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States. 

  • A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family. 

verb
  • To acquire or settle on land as a homestead. 

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