sit vs tread

sit

verb
  • To move oneself into such a position. 

  • 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 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 be adjusted; to fit. 

  • 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. 

tread

verb
  • To step or walk upon. 

  • To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner). 

  • To beat or press with the feet. 

  • To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet. 

  • To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine 

  • To copulate; said of (especially male) birds. 

  • To step or walk (on or across something); to trample. 

  • To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc. 

  • To copulate with. 

  • To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue. 

noun
  • A step taken with the foot. 

  • The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. 

  • The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle. 

  • The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction. 

  • A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together. 

  • The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs. 

  • The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet. 

  • The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back. 

  • A manner of stepping. 

  • The sound made when someone or something is walking. 

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