den vs repair

den

noun
  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. 

  • Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”) 

  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. 

  • A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together. 

  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. 

verb
  • To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. 

repair

noun
  • A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt. 

  • The act of repairing something. 

  • The result of repairing something. 

  • The condition of something, in respect of need for repair. 

  • The act of repairing or resorting to a place. 

verb
  • to pair again 

  • To transfer oneself to another place. 

  • To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for. 

  • To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy. 

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