distil vs extract

distil

verb
  • Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation. 

  • To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse. 

  • To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation. 

  • To drip or be wet with some liquid. 

  • To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually. 

  • To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops. 

  • To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation. 

  • To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation. 

  • To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops. 

  • To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation. 

  • To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify. 

extract

verb
  • To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb). 

  • To select parts of a whole 

  • To determine (a root of a number). 

  • To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. 

  • To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc. 

noun
  • A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue 

  • Something that is extracted or drawn out. 

  • Ancestry; descent. 

  • A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution. 

  • Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained 

  • A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract). 

  • A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation. 

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