confederate vs consort

confederate

adj
  • of, relating to, or united in a confederacy 

  • banded together; allied. 

verb
  • To combine in a confederacy. 

noun
  • A member of a confederacy. 

  • An accomplice in a plot. 

  • An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher. 

consort

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

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. 

verb
  • To be in agreement. 

  • To associate or keep company (with). 

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