exit vs remain

exit

verb
  • To depart from or leave (a place or situation). 

  • To depart from life; to die. 

  • To leave a scene or depart from a stage. 

  • Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage. 

  • To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave. 

  • To give up the lead. 

  • To alight or disembark from a vehicle. 

  • To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.) 

noun
  • A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway). 

  • An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. 

  • An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress. 

  • The act of departing from life; death. 

  • The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage. 

remain

verb
  • To await; to be left to. 

  • To continue in a state of being. 

  • To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. 

  • To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. 

  • To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared. 

noun
  • That which is left; relic; remainder. 

  • That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. 

  • Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works. 

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