infuse vs steep

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. 

steep

verb
  • To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in. 

  • To soak or wet thoroughly. 

adj
  • expensive 

  • resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular 

  • Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical. 

noun
  • A rennet bag. 

  • The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity. 

  • A liquid used in a steeping process 

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