peregrinate vs wander

peregrinate

verb
  • To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries. 

  • To travel through a specific place. 

adj
  • Peregrine; having travelled; exotic, foreign. 

wander

verb
  • To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. 

  • To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path. 

  • Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention. 

  • To stray; stray from one's course; err. 

  • To commit adultery. 

noun
  • An act or instance of wandering. 

  • The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value. 

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