put down vs welcome

put down

verb
  • To give something as a reason for something else. 

  • To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle. 

  • To euthanize (an animal). 

  • To make prices, or taxes, lower. 

  • To pay. 

  • To terminate a call; to hang up. 

  • To add a name to a list. 

  • To insult, belittle, or demean. 

  • To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. 

  • To land. 

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

  • To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially. 

  • To write (something). 

  • To place a baby somewhere to sleep. 

  • To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book). 

welcome

verb
  • To accept something willingly or gladly. 

  • To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!". 

noun
  • The utterance of such a greeting. 

  • The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. 

  • Kind reception of a guest or newcomer. 

  • The state of being a welcome guest. 

adj
  • Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company. 

  • Producing gladness. 

  • Free to have or enjoy gratuitously. 

intj
  • Greeting given upon someone's arrival. 

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