put off vs scent

put off

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

  • To procrastinate. 

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

  • To distract; to disturb the concentration of. 

  • To delay (a task, event, etc.). 

adj
  • daunted or fazed 

  • offended, repulsed 

scent

verb
  • To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell. 

  • To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something). 

  • To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell. 

  • To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something). 

  • To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell. 

noun
  • A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing. 

  • Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase. 

  • A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell. 

  • A distinctive smell. 

  • The sense of smell. 

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