corral vs pen

corral

noun
  • An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. 

  • A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense. 

  • An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group. 

verb
  • To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral. 

  • To capture or round up. 

  • To place inside of a corral. 

pen

noun
  • An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. 

  • Penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons. 

  • The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen. 

  • A female swan. 

  • Penalty. 

  • A writer, or their style. 

  • The bullpen. 

  • Marks of ink left by a pen. 

  • A light pen. 

  • A wing. 

  • A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. 

verb
  • To enclose in a pen. 

  • To write (an article, a book, etc.). 

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