collective vs consort

collective

noun
  • A collective noun or name. 

  • A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest. 

  • A farm owned by a collection of people. 

  • One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community. 

  • The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent. 

adj
  • Having plurality of origin or authority. 

  • Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body. 

  • Tending to collect; forming a collection. 

  • Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form. 

consort

noun
  • Association or partnership. 

  • The spouse of a monarch. 

  • A ship accompanying another. 

  • 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 

verb
  • To be in agreement. 

  • To associate or keep company (with). 

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