defend vs shepherd

defend

verb
  • To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring. 

  • To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition. 

  • To call a raise from the big blind. 

  • To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. 

  • To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. 

  • To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). 

shepherd

verb
  • To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds. 

  • To watch over; to guide. 

noun
  • A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. 

  • Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. 

  • A swain; a rustic male lover. 

  • The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. 

  • A male sheep tender 

  • A German Shepherd. 

  • A male pastor 

  • A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader 

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