lexeme vs lexical item

lexeme

noun
  • The word-form chosen to represent such a set or family. 

  • The set itself; a lexemic family. 

  • The abstract minimum unit of language or meaning that underlies such a set. 

  • An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis (see token). 

lexical item

noun
  • A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch. 

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