malleate vs mallet

malleate

verb
  • To beat into shape with a hammer. 

adj
  • Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer. 

  • Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered. 

mallet

verb
  • To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet. 

noun
  • A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul. 

  • A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments. 

  • The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo. 

  • A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger. 

  • A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet. 

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