carry on vs interpose

carry on

verb
  • To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention. 

  • To continue or proceed as before. 

  • To talk continuously about, often in an excessively excited way 

  • To continue, maintain or pursue (:an activity or enterprise) 

  • To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship. 

  • To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it. 

interpose

verb
  • To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation. 

  • To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment. 

  • To insert something (or oneself) between other things. 

  • To be inserted between parts or things; to come between. 

  • To offer (one's help or services). 

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