distribute vs share

distribute

verb
  • To divide into portions and dispense. 

  • 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 deliver or pass out. 

  • 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. 

share

verb
  • To divide and distribute. 

  • To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume. 

  • To tell to another. 

  • To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network 

  • To have or use in common. 

noun
  • The action of sharing something with other people via social media. 

  • The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine. 

  • A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network. 

  • A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability. 

  • A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. 

  • The sharebone or pubis. 

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