act on vs stand by

act on

verb
  • To take action against something. 

  • To affect something. 

  • To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced. 

  • Το act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse. 

stand by

verb
  • To support; to continue to support despite things being bad. 

  • To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready. 

  • To remain loyal or faithful to. 

  • To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation. 

How often have the words act on and stand by occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )