consort vs hang together

consort

verb
  • To be in agreement. 

  • To associate or keep company (with). 

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 

hang together

verb
  • To correspond or fit well. 

  • To be connected. 

  • To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible. 

  • To be united in defiance. 

  • To remain united; to stand by one another. 

  • To be in a romantic relationship. 

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