defer vs remain

defer

verb
  • To delay, to wait. 

  • To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority. 

  • To render, to offer. 

  • To delay or postpone 

  • to postpone induction into military service. 

  • After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half). 

remain

verb
  • To await; to be left to. 

  • To continue in a state of being. 

  • To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. 

  • To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. 

  • To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared. 

noun
  • That which is left; relic; remainder. 

  • That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. 

  • Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works. 

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