apposite vs the thing

apposite

noun
  • That which is apposite; something suitable. 

adj
  • Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something. 

  • Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition. 

  • Related, homologous. 

the thing

noun
  • The needful thing: something suitable for the purpose. 

  • The desired thing: someone or something that is popularly favored. 

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