harbor vs house

harbor

verb
  • To provide a harbor or safe place for. 

  • To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water. 

  • To drive (a hunted stag) to covert. 

  • To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind. 

noun
  • A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading. 

  • Any place of shelter. 

  • A mixing box for materials. 

  • A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return - Sarah Orne Jewett 

house

verb
  • To admit to residence; to harbor. 

  • To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. 

  • To contain or cover mechanical parts. 

  • To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole. 

  • To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge. 

  • To eat. 

  • To keep within a structure or container. 

  • To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe. 

noun
  • House music. 

  • A workhouse. 

  • An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. 

  • A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. 

  • A theatre. 

  • An apartment building within a public housing estate. 

  • One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. 

  • A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. 

  • Size and quality of residential accommodations. 

  • The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. 

  • A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. 

  • A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. 

  • The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. 

  • Lotto; bingo. 

  • A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). 

  • A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household. 

  • A small stand of trees in a swamp. 

  • A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku. 

  • The people who live in a house; a household. 

  • A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these. 

  • A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. 

  • The fourth Lenormand card. 

  • A place of rest or repose. 

  • A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. 

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