symptom vs vestige

symptom

noun
  • A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable. 

  • A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer. 

vestige

noun
  • A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present. 

  • A mark left on the earth by a foot. 

  • A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor. 

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