intercede vs intermediate

intercede

verb
  • To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate. 

  • To plead on someone else's behalf. 

  • To pass between; to intervene. 

intermediate

verb
  • To mediate, to be an intermediate. 

  • To arrange, in the manner of a broker. 

noun
  • Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product. 

  • An intermediary. 

  • Anything in an intermediate position. 

adj
  • Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range. 

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