assimilate vs neighbour

assimilate

verb
  • To liken, compare to something similar. 

  • To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. 

  • To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. 

  • To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind. 

  • To become similar. 

  • To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture. 

  • To be incorporated or absorbed into something. 

noun
  • Something that is or has been assimilated. 

neighbour

verb
  • To be similar to, to be almost the same as. 

  • To associate intimately with; to be close to. 

  • To be adjacent to 

noun
  • A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position. 

  • One who is near in sympathy or confidence. 

  • A fellow human being. 

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