reservoir vs supply

reservoir

noun
  • A supply or source of something. 

  • A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species. 

  • A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing. 

  • A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter. 

  • A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. 

  • A place where anything is kept in store. 

verb
  • To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir. 

supply

noun
  • An amount of something supplied. 

  • An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. 

  • Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute. 

  • Provisions. 

  • The act of supplying. 

verb
  • To furnish or equip with. 

  • To fill up, or keep full. 

  • To act as a substitute. 

  • To serve instead of; to take the place of. 

  • To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of. 

  • To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. 

  • To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. 

adv
  • Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness. 

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