distribute vs swarm

distribute

verb
  • 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 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. 

swarm

verb
  • To fill a place as a swarm. 

  • To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately. 

  • To overwhelm as by an opposing army. 

  • To breed multitudes. 

  • To move as a swarm. 

  • To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc. 

noun
  • A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil. 

  • A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony. 

  • A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network. 

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