agnate vs on the order of

agnate

noun
  • A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family. 

  • A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure. 

  • Any paternal male relative. 

adj
  • allied; akin 

  • Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family. 

  • Having a similar semantic meaning. 

on the order of

prep
  • In the manner of; along the lines of; like; of a similar kind to; more-or-less equivalent to. 

adv
  • Approximately. 

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