assist vs favor

assist

noun
  • A helpful action or an act of giving. 

  • A decisive pass made to the goal scorer 

  • A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. 

verb
  • To help. 

  • To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. 

  • To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. 

favor

noun
  • A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). 

  • A small gift; a party favor. 

  • Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. 

  • Partiality; bias 

  • Goodwill; benevolent regard. 

  • The object of regard; person or thing favoured. 

verb
  • To resemble; especially, to look like (another person). 

  • To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. 

  • To look upon fondly; to prefer. 

  • To use more often. 

  • To encourage, conduce to 

  • To treat with care. 

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