deposit vs place

deposit

verb
  • To lay down; to place; to put. 

  • To put money or funds into an account. 

  • To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral. 

  • To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store. 

  • To lay aside; to rid oneself of. 

noun
  • Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems. 

  • Anything left behind on a surface. 

  • A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase. 

  • That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another. 

  • A place of deposit; a depository. 

  • Money placed in an account. 

  • A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit 

place

verb
  • To place-kick (a goal). 

  • To arrange for or to make (a bet). 

  • To finish second, especially of horses or dogs. 

  • To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. 

  • To earn a given spot in a competition. 

  • To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race. 

  • To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. 

  • To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar). 

  • To put (an object or person) in a specific location. 

  • To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc. 

noun
  • An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. 

  • Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. 

  • A state of mind. 

  • The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. 

  • An area of the body, especially the skin. 

  • An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. 

  • The position of a contestant in a competition. 

  • A location or position in space. 

  • Reception; effect; implying the making room for. 

  • The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. 

  • A role or purpose; a station. 

  • A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name. 

  • The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms. 

  • A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. 

  • The position as a member of a sports team. 

  • Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding. 

  • An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. 

  • Any area of the earth: a region. 

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