locate vs situate

locate

verb
  • To place; to set in a particular spot or position. 

  • To find out where something is located. 

  • To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) 

  • To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle. 

situate

verb
  • To place on or into a physical location. 

  • To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively. 

adj
  • Situated; located. 

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