home vs place

home

noun
  • One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family. 

  • The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal. 

  • Home plate. 

  • The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player. 

  • The landing page of a website; the site's homepage. 

  • The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian. 

  • A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there. 

  • The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve. 

  • The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. 

  • One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt. 

  • A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum. 

  • The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat. 

  • The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. 

adj
  • Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign 

  • Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played). 

adv
  • To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location 

  • To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly. 

  • At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home 

  • into the goal 

  • To the home page 

  • To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length 

  • To one's place of birth 

  • into the right, proper or stowed position 

verb
  • To seek or aim for something. 

  • To return to its owner. 

place

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To place-kick (a goal). 

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