abreast vs vincinal

abreast

adj
  • Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced 

  • Alongside; parallel to. 

  • Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. 

  • Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam. 

  • Side by side, facing forward. 

adv
  • Side by side and facing forward. 

  • Alongside; parallel to. 

  • Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced. 

  • Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. 

  • Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam. 

  • Breast high (of an advancing wave). 

prep
  • Abreast of; alongside. 

vincinal

adj
  • Relating to or being a local road. 

  • Mineralogy. Approximating, resembling, or taking the place of a fundamental crystalline form or face. 

  • Chemistry. Of or relating to the consecutive positions of substituted elements or radicals on an organic compound. 

  • Of, belonging to, or restricted to a limited area or neighborhood; local. 

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