desolate vs put off

desolate

adj
  • Dismal or dreary. 

  • Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. 

  • Barren and lifeless. 

  • Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. 

  • Sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

verb
  • To devastate or lay waste somewhere. 

  • To abandon or forsake something. 

  • To deprive of inhabitants. 

  • To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

put off

adj
  • daunted or fazed 

  • offended, repulsed 

verb
  • To procrastinate. 

  • To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). 

  • To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). 

  • To distract; to disturb the concentration of. 

  • To delay (a task, event, etc.). 

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