pabulum vs provender

pabulum

noun
  • Food for thought. 

  • Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals. 

  • Material that feeds a fire. 

  • Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words. 

provender

verb
  • To feed. 

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