put together vs separate

put together

verb
  • To assemble, construct, build, or formulate. 

  • To gather one's thoughts and come to conclusions. 

adj
  • Stable and sound psychologically and hence in other respects; competent and responsible. 

  • In total. 

separate

verb
  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

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

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

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

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 put together and separate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )