kludge vs remedy

kludge

noun
  • A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack. 

  • Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently. 

  • An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts. 

  • An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design. 

verb
  • To build or use a kludge. 

remedy

noun
  • Something that corrects or counteracts. 

  • A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. 

  • The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc. 

  • The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong. 

verb
  • To provide or serve as a remedy for. 

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