enlist vs select

enlist

verb
  • To enter on a list; to enroll; to register. 

  • To recruit the aid or membership of others. 

  • To secure; to obtain. 

  • To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. 

noun
  • One who is enlisted, usually in a military service. 

select

verb
  • To obtain a set of data from a database using a query. 

  • To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. 

adj
  • Privileged, specially selected. 

  • Of high quality; top-notch. 

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