sort vs suit

sort

verb
  • To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize. 

  • To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree. 

  • To fix (a problem) or handle (a task). 

  • To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically. 

  • To attack physically. 

  • To geld. 

  • To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts. 

  • To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class. 

noun
  • An act of sorting. 

  • A type. 

  • An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence. 

  • A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style. 

  • Manner; form of being or acting. 

  • A general type. 

  • A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.). 

  • A good-looking woman. 

suit

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

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

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

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

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

  • 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 sort and suit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )