rebellion vs sedition

rebellion

noun
  • Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. 

  • An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government. 

  • Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. 

sedition

noun
  • Insurrection or rebellion. 

  • Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing. 

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