lease vs lend

lease

noun
  • The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted. 

  • An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold. 

  • An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat. 

  • The period of such an interest. 

  • The document containing such a contract or deed. 

  • An open pasture or common. 

  • The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom. 

verb
  • To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate. 

  • To glean. 

  • To glean, gather up leavings. 

  • To release; let go; unloose. 

  • To grant a lease as a landlord; to let. 

  • To gather. 

  • To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. 

  • To hold a lease as a tenant. 

lend

noun
  • Loan (permission to borrow (something)). 

  • The loins; flank; buttocks. 

  • The lumbar region; loin. 

verb
  • To borrow. 

  • To afford; to grant or furnish in general. 

  • To make a loan. 

  • To be suitable or applicable, to fit. 

  • To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. 

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