infuse vs invest

infuse

verb
  • To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). 

  • To instill as a quality. 

  • To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). 

  • To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. 

  • To undergo infusion. 

  • To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. 

invest

verb
  • To be involved in; to form strong attachments to. 

  • To surround, accompany, or attend. 

  • To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. 

  • To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. 

  • To ceremonially install someone in some office. 

  • To lay siege to. 

  • To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster). 

  • To make investments. 

  • To formally give (someone) some power or authority. 

  • To envelop, wrap, cover. 

  • To formally give (power or authority). 

noun
  • An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. 

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