record vs take down

record

verb
  • To make a record of information. 

  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. 

  • To give legal status to by making an official public record. 

  • To make an audio or video recording of. 

  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. 

adj
  • Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme. 

noun
  • The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events. 

  • A set of data relating to a single individual or item. 

  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. 

  • A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data. 

  • Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. 

take down

verb
  • To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken. 

  • To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding. 

  • To remove something from a website. 

  • To arrest someone or to place them in detention. 

  • I took down the medicine and soon felt better. 

  • To remove something from a hanging position. 

  • To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue. 

  • To lower an item of clothing without removing it. 

  • If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number. 

  • To swallow. 

  • To reduce. 

  • To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person). 

  • To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc. 

  • To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. 

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