dedicate vs reserve

dedicate

verb
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use. 

  • To set apart for a special use 

  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 

  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action 

  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection. 

  • To show to the public for the first time 

noun
  • One who dedicates themself, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc. 

reserve

verb
  • To keep in store for future or special use. 

  • To keep back; to retain. 

  • To book in advance; to make a reservation. 

noun
  • A reserve price in an auction. 

  • Wine held back and aged before being sold. 

  • A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 

  • Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain. 

  • The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. 

  • A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose 

  • A resist. 

  • Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. 

  • A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit. 

  • In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified. 

  • A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates. 

  • A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.) 

  • Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements. 

  • A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play. 

  • A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited. 

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