bear off vs deviate

bear off

verb
  • To restrain; to keep from approaching. 

  • To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything. 

  • To gain; to carry off, as a prize. 

  • To remove one of one's own checkers from the board. The first player to bear off all checkers is the winner. 

deviate

verb
  • To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. 

  • To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. 

  • To cause to diverge. 

noun
  • A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert. 

  • A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value. 

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