put on vs tease

put on

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

  • To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense. 

  • To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). 

  • To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop. 

  • To perform for an audience. 

  • To organize a performance for an audience. 

  • To fool, kid, deceive. 

  • To bet on. 

  • To play (a recording). 

tease

verb
  • To entice, tempt. 

  • To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material). 

  • To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately. 

  • To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser. 

  • To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. 

  • To provoke or disturb; to annoy. 

  • To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation. 

  • To backcomb. 

noun
  • A single act of teasing. 

  • One who teases. 

  • One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal. 

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