diverge vs escort

diverge

verb
  • To become different, to separate (from another line or path). 

  • To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path). 

  • To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. 

  • To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. 

  • Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit. 

  • Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through. 

escort

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

  • 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 

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