compose vs scatter

compose

verb
  • To calm; to free from agitation. 

  • To comprise. 

  • To make up the whole; to constitute. 

  • To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. 

  • To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture. 

  • To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. 

  • To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition. 

  • To make something by merging parts. 

scatter

verb
  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. 

  • To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. 

  • Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks. 

  • To deflect (radiation or particles). 

  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. 

  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. 

  • To be dispersed upon. 

noun
  • The act of scattering or dispersing. 

  • A collection of dispersed objects. 

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