lower vs put up

lower

verb
  • To bring down; to humble 

  • To decrease in value, amount, etc. 

  • To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. 

  • To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of 

  • (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 

  • To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down 

  • To reduce the height of 

  • To depress as to direction 

  • to pull down 

  • To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

  • To make less elevated 

  • To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease 

adj
  • bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object 

  • Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly. 

  • older 

put up

verb
  • To endure; to put up with; to tolerate. 

  • To set (matter) in capital letters. 

  • To hang; to mount. 

  • To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.. 

  • To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down. 

  • To house; to shelter; to take in. 

  • To cause (wild game) to break cover. 

  • To present, especially in "put up a fight". 

  • To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something). 

  • To build a structure. 

  • To provide funds in advance. 

  • To store away. 

  • To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can. 

  • To place in a high location. 

  • To make available; to offer. 

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