portage vs transport

portage

noun
  • An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways. 

  • The route used for such carrying. 

  • The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage. 

  • A charge made for carrying something. 

  • Carrying capacity; tonnage. 

  • A porthole. 

verb
  • To carry a boat overland 

transport

noun
  • An act of transporting; conveyance. 

  • The state of being transported by emotion; rapture. 

  • A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.) 

  • A tractor-trailer. 

  • A deported convict. 

  • A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc. 

  • The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system. 

verb
  • To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. 

  • To deport to a penal colony. 

  • To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away. 

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