dispense vs dose

dispense

verb
  • To supply or make up a medicine or prescription. 

  • To issue, distribute, or give out. 

  • To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. 

dose

verb
  • To prescribe a dose. 

  • To administer a dose to. 

  • To transmit a venereal disease. 

noun
  • A venereal infection. 

  • A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. 

  • The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time. 

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