if vs prerequisite

if

noun
  • An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc. 

conj
  • Although; used to introduce a concession. 

  • Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that. 

  • Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed. 

  • Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice. 

  • Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs. 

  • Even if; even in the circumstances that. 

  • In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner). 

  • Introducing a relevance conditional. 

prerequisite

noun
  • Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else. 

  • In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq. 

adj
  • Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable. 

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