joint vs separate

joint

verb
  • To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. 

  • To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. 

  • To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together 

  • To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do. 

  • To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. 

noun
  • A marijuana cigarette. 

  • The point where two components of a structure join rigidly. 

  • The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure. 

  • A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied. 

  • The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations. 

  • A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries. 

  • Prison. 

  • The penis. 

  • The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate. 

  • Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. 

  • A thing. 

  • A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint. 

adj
  • Done by two or more people or organisations working together. 

separate

verb
  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

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