company vs detachment

company

noun
  • A unit of firefighters and their equipment. 

  • A small group of birds or animals. 

  • Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. 

  • A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. 

  • Companionship. 

  • An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. 

  • The entire crew of a ship. 

  • Social visitors or companions. 

  • An intelligence service. 

  • A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. 

detachment

noun
  • The unit so dispatched. 

  • A permanent unit organized for special duties. 

  • Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness. 

  • The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation. 

  • The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission. 

  • The action of detaching; separation. 

  • Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity. 

  • Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed. 

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