bench vs reduce

bench

verb
  • To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily. 

  • To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over. 

  • To remove a player from play. 

  • To place on a bench or seat of honour. 

  • To lift by bench pressing 

  • To furnish with benches. 

noun
  • A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms. 

  • The dignity of holding an official seat. 

  • A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber. 

  • The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing. 

  • The place where the judges sit. 

  • A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter. 

  • A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar. 

  • The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary. 

  • A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench. 

  • The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed. 

  • A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity. 

  • A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise. 

  • A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall. 

  • A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. 

  • A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below. 

  • The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length. 

reduce

verb
  • To strike off the payroll. 

  • To annul by legal means. 

  • To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".) 

  • To lose weight. 

  • To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment. 

  • To bring to an inferior state or condition. 

  • To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value. 

  • To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. 

  • To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form. 

  • To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen. 

  • To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. 

  • To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. 

  • To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off. 

  • To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter. 

  • To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm. 

  • To reform a line or column from (a square). 

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