picnic vs seat

picnic

noun
  • An easy or pleasant task. 

  • An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. 

  • The meal eaten at such a gathering. 

  • A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig. 

verb
  • To take part in a picnic. 

seat

noun
  • A place in which to sit. 

  • An ejection seat. 

  • The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting. 

  • A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting. 

  • The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting. 

  • The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks. 

  • The starting point of a fire. 

  • An electoral district, especially for a national legislature. 

  • Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. 

  • One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract. 

  • A part or surface on which another part or surface rests. 

  • A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. 

  • The location of a governing body. 

  • A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge. 

  • The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site. 

verb
  • To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. 

  • To settle; to plant with inhabitants. 

  • To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. 

  • To put a seat or bottom in. 

  • To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. 

  • To provide with a place to sit. 

  • To request or direct one or more persons to sit. 

  • To assign the seats of. 

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