neighbour vs people

neighbour

verb
  • To associate intimately with; to be close to. 

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

  • 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. 

people

verb
  • To interact with people; to socialize. 

  • To inhabit; to occupy; to populate. 

  • To become populous or populated. 

  • To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate. 

noun
  • A person's ancestors, relatives or family. 

  • The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens. 

  • Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc. 

  • A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler. 

  • Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons. 

  • One's colleagues or employees. 

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