demean vs dole

demean

noun
  • demesne. 

  • resources; means. 

verb
  • To debase; to lower; to degrade. 

  • To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset). 

  • To mortify. 

  • To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. 

dole

noun
  • Dolus. 

  • Money or other goods given as charity. 

  • A boundary; a landmark. 

  • Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits. 

  • Distribution; dealing; apportionment. 

  • A void space left in tillage. 

verb
  • To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. 

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