put on vs slather

put on

verb
  • To fool, kid, deceive. 

  • 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. 

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

  • To bet on. 

  • To play (a recording). 

slather

verb
  • To squander. 

  • To apply generously upon. 

  • To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well. 

noun
  • Drool (especially if abundant). 

  • A generous or abundant quantity. 

  • A thick sauce or spread that is to be slathered (spread thickly) onto food. 

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