corral vs surround

corral

verb
  • To place inside of a corral. 

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

  • To capture or round up. 

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. 

surround

verb
  • To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape. 

  • To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. 

noun
  • Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something. 

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