distribute vs sequester

distribute

verb
  • To deliver or pass out. 

  • To have employees working remotely from multiple locations. 

  • To supply to retail outlets. 

  • To scatter or spread. 

  • To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. 

  • To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. 

  • To divide into portions and dispense. 

  • To classify or separate into categories. 

  • To be distributive. 

  • To apportion (more or less evenly). 

  • To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. 

sequester

verb
  • To withdraw; to retire. 

  • To separate in order to store. 

  • To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. 

  • To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound 

  • To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget. 

  • To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw. 

  • To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. 

  • To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things. 

  • To seize and hold enemy property. 

  • To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims. 

noun
  • sequestration; separation 

  • A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee 

  • A sequestrum. 

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