assimilate vs integrate

assimilate

verb
  • To be incorporated or absorbed into something. 

  • To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. 

  • To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. 

  • To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind. 

  • To liken, compare to something similar. 

  • To become similar. 

  • To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture. 

noun
  • Something that is or has been assimilated. 

integrate

verb
  • To include as a constituent part or functionality. 

  • To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation. 

  • To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood. 

  • To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time. 

  • To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. 

  • To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them. 

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