inflect vs talk

inflect

verb
  • To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing. 

  • To influence in style. 

  • To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. 

  • To cause to curve inwards. 

  • To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. 

talk

verb
  • To communicate, usually by means of speech. 

  • To discuss; to talk about. 

  • To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner. 

  • To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself. 

  • To gossip; to create scandal. 

  • Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned. 

  • To speak (a certain language). 

  • To confess, especially implicating others. 

noun
  • A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child. 

  • Empty boasting, promises or claims. 

  • A lecture. 

  • A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. 

  • A major topic of social discussion. 

  • Meeting to discuss a particular matter. 

  • A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it. 

  • Gossip; rumour. 

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