carry on vs consort

carry on

verb
  • To continue, maintain or pursue (:an activity or enterprise) 

  • To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention. 

  • To continue or proceed as before. 

  • To talk continuously about, often in an excessively excited way 

  • To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship. 

  • To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it. 

consort

verb
  • To associate or keep company (with). 

  • To be in agreement. 

noun
  • The spouse of a monarch. 

  • A ship accompanying another. 

  • Association or partnership. 

  • A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument. 

  • A husband, wife, companion or partner. 

  • An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc. 

adj
  • of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager 

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