date vs escort

date

verb
  • To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates. 

  • To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with. 

  • To determine the age of something. 

  • To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. 

  • To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other. 

  • To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned. 

  • To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc. 

  • To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of. 

noun
  • The date palm. 

  • The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. 

  • A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met. 

  • One's companion for social activities or occasions. 

  • A pre-arranged meeting. 

  • The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. 

  • A point in time. 

  • Assigned end; conclusion. 

  • A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time. 

escort

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

  • 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 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 date and escort occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )