inscription vs obituary

inscription

noun
  • Words written in the front of a book as a dedication. 

  • Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone. 

  • The text on a coin. 

  • The act of inscribing. 

obituary

noun
  • A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper. 

  • A register of deaths in a monastery. 

  • A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper. 

adj
  • Relating to the death of a person. 

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