doorstep vs entrance

doorstep

noun
  • An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home. 

  • One's immediate neighbourhood or locality. 

  • A thick slice, especially of bread. 

verb
  • To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc. 

  • To corner somebody for an unexpected interview. 

entrance

noun
  • The place of entering, as a gate or doorway. 

  • The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office. 

  • The right to go in. 

  • The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. 

  • The action of entering, or going in. 

  • The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation. 

  • The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry. 

  • The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering. 

  • The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. 

verb
  • To put into a trance. 

  • To delight and fill with wonder. 

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