ideate vs think of

ideate

verb
  • To generate an idea. 

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

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. 

think of

verb
  • To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of) 

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