erase vs transcribe

erase

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

  • 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 (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize. 

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

  • 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. 

transcribe

verb
  • To transfer data from one recording medium to another. 

  • To represent speech by phonetic symbols. 

  • To cause DNA to undergo transcription. 

  • To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text. 

  • To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text. 

  • To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music. 

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