put on vs sign on

put on

verb
  • To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense. 

  • To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). 

  • To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop. 

  • To perform for an audience. 

  • To organize a performance for an audience. 

  • To fool, kid, deceive. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on. 

  • To bet on. 

  • To play (a recording). 

sign on

verb
  • To commit oneself, as to a project, a goal, an organization, a cause. 

  • To begin broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the beginning of a broadcasting day and after being off the air for several hours. 

  • To join something, after signing. 

  • To apply to receive unemployment benefits. 

  • To log on; to start using a computer, radio, etc., or to start talking. 

noun
  • The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours. 

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