mimic vs put on

mimic

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

  • To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. 

noun
  • An imitation. 

  • A comic who does impressions. 

  • An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator. 

  • A mime. 

adj
  • Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. 

  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. 

  • Mock, pretended. 

put on

verb
  • To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense. 

  • To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). 

  • To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop. 

  • To perform for an audience. 

  • To organize a performance for an audience. 

  • To fool, kid, deceive. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on. 

  • To bet on. 

  • To play (a recording). 

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