precede vs seek

precede

verb
  • To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce. 

  • To have higher rank than (someone or something else). 

  • To go before, go in front of. 

noun
  • Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay) 

seek

verb
  • To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. 

  • To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. 

  • To try to find; to look for; to search for. 

  • To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. 

  • To navigate through a stream. 

  • To attempt, endeavour, try 

noun
  • The operation of navigating through a stream. 

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