rape vs sexual abuse

rape

noun
  • The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. 

  • Overpowerment; utter defeat. 

  • Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus. 

  • A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc. 

  • The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking. 

  • One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England. 

verb
  • To plunder, to destroy or despoil. 

  • To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce. 

  • To force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. 

  • To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct. 

  • To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.) 

sexual abuse

noun
  • Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced on them nonetheless, especially when considered to be more sustained or frequent than an incident of sexual assault. 

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