remain vs urge

remain

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

  • To await; to be left to. 

  • To continue in a state of being. 

  • 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. 

urge

verb
  • To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist. 

  • To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. 

  • To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon. 

  • To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. 

  • To press onward or forward. 

  • To provoke; to exasperate. 

  • To press hard upon; to follow closely. 

noun
  • A strong desire; an itch to do something. 

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