equate vs liken

equate

verb
  • To consider equal or equivalent. 

  • To set as equal. 

noun
  • A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value. 

liken

verb
  • To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). 

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