urn vs vase

urn

noun
  • A vase with a footed base. 

  • A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. 

  • A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 

  • Any place of burial; the grave. 

  • A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. 

  • A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. 

verb
  • To place in an urn. 

vase

noun
  • An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers. 

  • The body of the Corinthian capital. 

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