machine vs support

machine

verb
  • To make by machinery. 

  • To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths. 

noun
  • A computer. 

  • A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional. 

  • An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail. 

  • Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. 

  • A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina. 

  • The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas. 

  • A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. 

  • Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use. 

support

verb
  • To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for. 

  • To keep from falling. 

  • To help, particularly financially. 

  • To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid. 

  • To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to. 

  • To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain. 

  • To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold. 

  • To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for. 

  • To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain. 

noun
  • An actor playing a subordinate part with a star. 

  • Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold. 

  • Evidence. 

  • Something which supports. 

  • An accompaniment in music. 

  • Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature. 

  • Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. 

  • Financial or other help. 

  • A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero). 

  • in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set. 

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