apply vs put off

apply

verb
  • To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention 

  • To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group. 

  • To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative 

  • To address; to refer; generally used reflexively. 

  • To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) 

  • To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position). 

  • To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case 

put off

verb
  • To distract; to disturb the concentration of. 

  • To procrastinate. 

  • To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). 

  • To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). 

  • To delay (a task, event, etc.). 

adj
  • daunted or fazed 

  • offended, repulsed 

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