bring together vs meld

bring together

verb
  • To cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness. 

meld

verb
  • to combine multiple similar objects into one. 

  • In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards. 

noun
  • A combination of cards which is melded. 

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