kin vs predecessor

kin

noun
  • Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. 

  • Race; family; breed; kind. 

  • Persons of the same race or family; kindred. 

  • One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively. 

  • A fictional character who one deeply relates to. 

  • Someone who relates deeply to a certain fictional character. 

adj
  • Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to". 

verb
  • To identify with; as in empathize or emotionally relate to a fictional character. 

predecessor

noun
  • A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model. 

  • One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. 

  • A vertex having a directed path to another vertex 

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