collect vs muster

collect

verb
  • To come together in a group or mass. 

  • To get; particularly, get from someone. 

  • To infer; to conclude. 

  • To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation. 

  • To gather together; amass. 

  • To collect payments. 

  • To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle). 

adj
  • To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment. 

noun
  • The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer. 

adv
  • With payment due from the recipient. 

muster

verb
  • To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. 

  • To enroll (into service). 

  • To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. 

  • To gather or round up livestock. 

noun
  • An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. 

  • The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. 

  • A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. 

  • A collection of peafowl. (not a term used in zoology) 

  • An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. 

  • Synonym of mustee 

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