consort vs respond

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 

respond

verb
  • To correspond with; to suit. 

  • To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response. 

  • To say something in return; to answer; to reply. 

  • To satisfy; to answer. 

  • To be liable for payment. 

noun
  • A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch. 

  • A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. 

  • A response. 

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