matriculate vs take up

matriculate

verb
  • To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university 

  • To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. 

noun
  • A person admitted to membership in a society. 

take up

verb
  • To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from. 

  • To implement, to employ, to put into use. 

  • To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class. 

  • To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis. 

  • To occupy; to consume (space or time). 

  • Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”) 

  • To resume. 

  • To pick up. 

  • To address (an issue). 

  • To shorten by hemming. 

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