partner vs squad

partner

verb
  • To work or perform as a partner. 

  • To join as a partner. 

noun
  • A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond. 

  • Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis. 

  • Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance. 

  • One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass. 

  • One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together. 

  • A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period. 

  • A member of a business or law partnership. 

squad

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

noun
  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

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