create vs erase

create

verb
  • To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion. 

  • To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) 

  • In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character. 

  • To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute. 

  • To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc. 

  • To make a fuss, complain; to shout. 

  • To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative. 

  • To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used. 

erase

verb
  • To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society. 

  • To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play 

  • To kill; assassinate. 

  • To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite. 

  • To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize. 

  • to remove markings or information 

  • To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information). 

noun
  • The operation of deleting data. 

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