preservative vs solution

preservative

noun
  • Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food. 

adj
  • Tending to preserve. 

solution

noun
  • A product, service or suite thereof, especially software. 

  • A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances. 

  • An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem. 

  • An answer to a problem. 

  • The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution. 

verb
  • To treat with a solution. 

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