oblate vs prostrate

oblate

adj
  • Flattened or depressed at the poles. 

verb
  • To offer as either a gift or an oblation. 

noun
  • A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community. 

  • A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house. 

prostrate

adj
  • Lying flat, face-down. 

  • Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. 

  • Trailing on the ground; procumbent. 

  • Emotionally devastated. 

verb
  • To throw oneself down in submission. 

  • To lie flat or face-down. 

  • To overcome or overpower. 

  • To cause to lie down, to flatten. 

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