efface vs eliminate

efface

verb
  • To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. 

  • Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor. 

  • To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. 

  • To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. 

eliminate

verb
  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

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