mastication vs muse

mastication

noun
  • The process of chewing. 

  • The process of crushing as though chewed. 

muse

noun
  • An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness. 

  • A source of inspiration. 

  • A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset. 

verb
  • To wonder at. 

  • To say (something) with due consideration or thought. 

  • To become lost in thought, to ponder. 

  • To think on; to meditate on. 

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