den vs sty

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. 

sty

noun
  • A messy, dirty or debauched place. 

  • A ladder. 

  • A pen or enclosure for swine. 

  • An inflammation of the eyelid. 

verb
  • To place in, or as if in, a sty 

  • To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place 

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