in character vs symbolic

in character

adj
  • Consistent with one's personality, or the typical behavior one is known for. 

prep
  • Acting as the character, not as oneself. 

symbolic

adj
  • Implicitly representing or referring to another thing. 

  • Pertaining to a symbol. 

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