lie vs should

lie

verb
  • To convey a false image or impression. 

  • Used with with: to have sexual relations with. 

  • To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. 

  • Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist. 

  • To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information. 

  • Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person. 

  • To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. 

  • To be placed or situated. 

  • To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. 

  • To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. 

  • To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. 

noun
  • An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood. 

  • The position of a fetus in the womb. 

  • Anything that misleads or disappoints. 

  • The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. 

  • The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. 

  • An animal's lair. 

  • A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true. 

  • A manner of lying; relative position. 

should

verb
  • To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality. 

  • Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future. 

  • Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now. 

  • Used to express a conditional outcome. 

  • With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way. 

  • Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance. 

  • Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation. 

  • Simple past tense of shall. 

  • In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc. 

  • Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must'). 

  • Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable. 

  • Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc. 

noun
  • Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case. 

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