insinuate vs intercalate

insinuate

verb
  • To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means. 

  • To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. 

  • To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices. 

intercalate

verb
  • To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.) 

  • To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month. 

  • To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues. 

  • To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena. 

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