nominate vs select

nominate

verb
  • To specify in advance which pocket a ball eill be potted in; to call; to name. 

  • To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. 

adj
  • nominotypical 

select

verb
  • To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. 

  • To obtain a set of data from a database using a query. 

adj
  • Privileged, specially selected. 

  • Of high quality; top-notch. 

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