supersede vs uphold

supersede

noun
  • An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version. 

verb
  • To take the place of. 

  • To displace in favour of itself. 

uphold

verb
  • To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling 

  • To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. 

  • To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned) 

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