dinner vs potlatch

dinner

noun
  • A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. 

  • A meal given to an animal. 

  • A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). 

  • The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. 

  • An evening meal. 

  • The food provided or consumed at any such meal. 

verb
  • To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine. 

  • To eat a dinner; to dine. 

potlatch

noun
  • A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. 

  • A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth. 

verb
  • To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony. 

  • To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. 

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