intersperse vs strew

intersperse

verb
  • To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other. 

  • To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something. 

  • To scatter or insert something into or among other things. 

strew

verb
  • To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout. 

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