imitate vs impersonate

imitate

verb
  • To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. 

impersonate

verb
  • To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of. 

  • To operate with the permissions of a different user account. 

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