company vs consort

company

noun
  • The entire crew of a ship. 

  • A small group of birds or animals. 

  • Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. 

  • A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. 

  • Companionship. 

  • A unit of firefighters and their equipment. 

  • An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. 

  • Social visitors or companions. 

  • An intelligence service. 

  • A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. 

consort

noun
  • A ship accompanying another. 

  • The spouse of a monarch. 

  • 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). 

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

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