park vs place

park

noun
  • An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores. 

  • A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. 

  • A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown. 

  • An inventory of matériel. 

  • An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch. 

  • An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant. 

  • A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region. 

  • A space in which to leave a car; a parking space. 

  • A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation. 

  • An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose. 

verb
  • To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time. 

  • To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park. 

  • To enclose in a park, or as in a park. 

  • To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place. 

  • To defer (a matter) until a later date. 

  • To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking) 

  • To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin. 

  • To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose. 

  • To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities. 

  • To bring together in a park, or compact body. 

place

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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 park and place occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )