detail vs specialize

detail

verb
  • To explain in detail. 

  • To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/) 

  • To assign to a particular task. 

noun
  • An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part. 

  • A part considered trivial enough to ignore. 

  • A person's name, address and other personal information. 

  • A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. 

  • A selected portion of a painting. 

  • A part small enough to escape casual notice. 

  • The small parts that can escape casual notice. 

  • A temporary unit or assignment. 

  • A profusion of details. 

specialize

verb
  • To specify: to mention specifically. 

  • To become distinct or separate from what is common 

  • To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre. 

  • To make distinct or separate due to form or function. 

  • To narrow in scope. 

  • To be known or notorious for some specialty. 

  • To focus one's business upon a particular item or service. 

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