relate vs touch base

relate

verb
  • To interact. 

  • To respond through reaction. 

  • To have a connection. 

  • To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). 

  • To identify with; to understand. 

  • To tell in a descriptive way. 

touch base

verb
  • To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate. 

  • To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand. 

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