impose vs levy

impose

verb
  • To establish or apply by authority. 

  • To practice a trick or deception (on or upon). 

  • To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. 

  • to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way 

  • To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. 

  • to be an inconvenience (on or upon) 

levy

verb
  • To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. 

  • To raise, as a siege. 

  • To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up. 

  • To draft someone into military service. 

  • To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc. 

  • To wage war. 

  • To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. 

noun
  • The tax, property or people so levied. 

  • The act of levying. 

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