South vs West

South

name
  • The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south. 

  • The south-eastern states of the United States, including many of the same states as formed the Confederacy. 

  • The Global South. 

  • A surname. 

  • Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War. 

West

name
  • The western part of any region. 

  • An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. 

  • The Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe. 

  • A town in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. 

  • A city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. 

  • the Western Bloc (the noncommunist countries of Europe and America) 

  • The Western United States (sometimes excluding the West Coast), particularly (historical) in reference to the 19th century Wild West. 

  • A person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity. 

  • A surname from Middle English for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village. 

  • Regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation. 

  • One of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or on the left of a diagram. 

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