consort vs shipmate

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 

shipmate

noun
  • A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another. 

  • Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor). 

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