deal vs repose

deal

verb
  • To have dealings or business. 

  • To trade professionally (followed by in). 

  • To handle, to manage, to cope. 

  • To be concerned with. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. 

  • To administer or give out, as in small portions. 

  • To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. 

  • To distribute cards to the players in a game. 

  • To conduct oneself, to behave. 

  • deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict. 

adj
  • Made of deal. 

noun
  • A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. 

  • An agreement between parties; an arrangement. 

  • The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. 

  • Male genitalia. 

  • A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). 

  • A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction. 

  • A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. 

  • Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). 

  • A situation, occasion, or event. 

  • An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good). 

repose

verb
  • To reside in something. 

  • To die, especially of a saint. 

  • To pose again. 

  • To compose; to make tranquil. 

  • To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. 

  • To lie at rest; to rest. 

  • To lay, to set down. 

  • To lie; to be supported. 

  • To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust. 

noun
  • A form of visual harmony that gives rest to the eye. 

  • quietness; ease; peace; calmness. 

  • The period between eruptions of a volcano. 

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