edible vs vegetable

edible

noun
  • In particular, an edible mushroom. 

  • Anything edible. 

  • a foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter etc. 

adj
  • Capable of being eaten without disgust. 

  • In which edible plants are grown for human consumption. 

  • Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans. 

vegetable

noun
  • The edible part of such a plant. 

  • A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state. 

  • Any plant. 

  • A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. 

adj
  • Of or relating to plants. 

  • Of or relating to vegetables. 

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