piggyback vs reduce

piggyback

verb
  • To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders. 

  • To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon 

  • To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP. 

  • To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge. 

  • To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate 

  • To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event. 

noun
  • An act or instance of piggybacking. 

  • The connection of one intravenous drip to another. 

  • A ride on somebody's back or shoulders. 

adv
  • On somebody's back or shoulders. 

adj
  • On somebody's back or shoulders. 

  • Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train. 

  • Attached or appended to something larger or more important. 

reduce

verb
  • To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. 

  • To annul by legal means. 

  • To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".) 

  • To lose weight. 

  • To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment. 

  • To bring to an inferior state or condition. 

  • To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value. 

  • To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. 

  • To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form. 

  • To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen. 

  • To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. 

  • To strike off the payroll. 

  • To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off. 

  • To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter. 

  • To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm. 

  • To reform a line or column from (a square). 

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