sit vs suit

sit

verb
  • To be adjusted; to fit. 

  • To babysit. 

  • After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax. 

  • To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. 

  • To be a member of a deliberative body. 

  • Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session. 

  • To occupy a given position. 

  • To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh. 

  • To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. 

  • To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction. 

  • To accommodate in seats; to seat. 

  • To move oneself into such a position. 

  • To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks. 

  • To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to. 

  • To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust. 

  • To be accepted or acceptable; to work. 

  • To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test). 

noun
  • Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine. 

  • An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation. 

suit

verb
  • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. 

  • To be suitable or apt for one's image. 

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste. 

  • To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with) 

  • To dress; to clothe. 

noun
  • The full set of sails required for a ship. 

  • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. 

  • The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. 

  • A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. 

  • A full set of armour. 

  • Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. 

  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. 

  • A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. 

  • Petition, request, entreaty. 

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