amputation vs subtraction

amputation

noun
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc. 

  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma 

subtraction

noun
  • The removal of something. 

  • The process of subtracting a number from another. 

  • A calculation involving subtracting. 

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