ideate vs ponder

ideate

verb
  • To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. 

  • To generate an idea. 

adj
  • Produced by an idea. 

noun
  • The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence. 

ponder

verb
  • To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly. 

  • To wonder, think of deeply. 

noun
  • A period of deep thought. 

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