preeminent vs superordinate

preeminent

adj
  • Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. 

superordinate

adj
  • Greater in degree, rank or position. 

  • The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance. 

  • hypernymic 

verb
  • To cause to be superordinate. 

noun
  • That which is superordinate. 

  • A hypernym. 

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