aboard vs in transit

aboard

prep
  • On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane. 

  • Onto a horse. 

  • We all went aboard the ship. 

adv
  • On or onto a horse, a camel, etc. 

  • Alongside. 

  • On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. 

  • On base. 

  • Into a team, group, or company. 

in transit

prep
  • In the process of being transported. 

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