pluck vs repel

pluck

verb
  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

noun
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Cheap wine. 

repel

verb
  • To force away by means of a repulsive force. 

  • To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). 

  • To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). 

  • To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust. 

  • To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). 

  • To save (a shot). 

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