diet vs surfeit

diet

verb
  • To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet. 

  • To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health. 

adj
  • Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such. 

  • Having certain traits subtracted. 

noun
  • A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly. 

  • Any habitual intake or consumption. 

  • A session of exams 

  • A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. 

  • The proceedings under a criminal libel. 

  • A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland. 

  • The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. 

surfeit

verb
  • To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something). 

  • To fill (something) to excess. 

  • To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance. 

  • To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something). 

  • To indulge (in something) to excess. 

  • To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption. 

noun
  • Disgust caused by excess; satiety. 

  • A group of skunks. 

  • A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence. 

  • Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating. 

  • An excessive amount of something. 

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