respire vs scent

respire

verb
  • To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe. 

  • To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide through oxidation. 

  • To breathe in and out successively. 

  • To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress. 

scent

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

  • 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 respire and scent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )