gain vs realize

gain

verb
  • To acquire possession of. 

  • To increase. 

  • To reach. 

  • To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. 

  • To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual. 

  • To put on weight. 

  • To run fast. 

  • To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress. 

noun
  • The thing or things gained. 

  • The factor by which a signal is multiplied. 

  • The act of gaining; acquisition. 

  • A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam. 

adv
  • Tolerably; fairly. 

  • Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately. 

adj
  • Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous. 

  • Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap. 

realize

verb
  • To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get 

  • To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time). 

  • To cause to seem real to other people. 

  • To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound. 

  • To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence 

  • To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc. 

  • To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience. 

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