observe vs view

observe

verb
  • To comment on something; to make an observation. 

  • To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence); to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning). 

  • To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail. 

  • To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion). 

view

verb
  • To regard in a stated way. 

  • To look at. 

noun
  • A wake. 

  • The act of seeing or looking at something. 

  • A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases. 

  • A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory. 

  • An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user. 

  • Something to look at, such as scenery. 

  • The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with 

  • The range of vision. 

  • A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. 

  • A point of view. 

  • A mental image. 

  • An intention or prospect. 

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