incapacitate vs paralyse

incapacitate

verb
  • To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable. 

  • To make someone ineligible; to disqualify. 

paralyse

verb
  • To make unable to move; to immobilize. 

  • To afflict with paralysis. 

  • To make unable to function properly. 

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