put down vs raise

put down

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

  • 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 give something as a reason for something else. 

  • To add a name to a list. 

  • To insult, belittle, or demean. 

  • 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). 

raise

verb
  • To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. 

  • To cause something to come to the surface of water. 

  • To create, increase or develop. 

  • To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). 

  • To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. 

  • To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified. 

  • To open, initiate. 

  • To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). 

  • To collect or amass. 

  • To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done. 

  • To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. 

  • To promote. 

  • To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. 

  • To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). 

  • To bring up; to grow. 

  • To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. 

  • To exponentiate, to involute. 

  • To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. 

  • To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. 

  • To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. 

  • To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. 

  • To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. 

  • To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. 

noun
  • A bet that increases the previous bet. 

  • A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. 

  • A cairn or pile of stones. 

  • A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance. 

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