palaver vs symposium

palaver

noun
  • A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. 

  • Disagreement. 

  • Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss. 

  • Talk intended to deceive. 

  • A village council meeting. 

verb
  • To flatter. 

  • To discuss with much talk. 

symposium

noun
  • A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations. 

  • A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion. 

  • A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors. 

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