conduct vs escort

conduct

verb
  • To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks) 

  • To carry out (something organized) 

  • To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition. 

  • To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.) 

  • To behave. 

  • To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry. 

noun
  • Plot. 

  • Behaviour; the manner of behaving. 

  • Skillful guidance or management. 

  • The act or method of controlling or directing. 

escort

verb
  • To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to 

  • To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date. 

  • To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building). 

noun
  • A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent. 

  • A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others. 

  • Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion. 

  • A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. 

  • An accompanying person in such a group. 

  • A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor. 

  • An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc. 

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