prompt vs put down

prompt

verb
  • To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do. 

  • To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing. 

  • To initiate; to cause or lead to. 

noun
  • A suggestion for inspiration given to an author. 

  • A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input. 

  • A reminder or cue. 

  • Textual input given to a large language model in order to have it generate a desired output. 

adj
  • On time; punctual. 

  • Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading. 

  • Quick; acting without delay. 

put down

verb
  • To give something as a reason for something else. 

  • To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle. 

  • To euthanize (an animal). 

  • To make prices, or taxes, lower. 

  • To pay. 

  • To terminate a call; to hang up. 

  • To add a name to a list. 

  • To insult, belittle, or demean. 

  • To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. 

  • To land. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down. 

  • To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially. 

  • To write (something). 

  • To place a baby somewhere to sleep. 

  • To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book). 

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