separate vs tumble

separate

verb
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

tumble

verb
  • To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple. 

  • To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler. 

  • To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler. 

  • To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings. 

  • To fall end over end; to roll over and over. 

  • To have sexual intercourse. 

  • To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way. 

  • To drop rapidly. 

noun
  • A fall, especially end over end. 

  • An act of sexual intercourse. 

  • A disorderly heap. 

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