posterior vs successive

posterior

adj
  • Following in order or in time. 

  • Next to, or facing the main stem or axis. 

  • Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth. 

noun
  • The hinder parts of the body. 

  • The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem). 

successive

adj
  • Coming one after the other in a series. 

  • Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which presupposes the completion of a secondary action as a premise for the primary action of the statement. 

  • Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary. 

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