remain vs waver

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. 

waver

verb
  • To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way. 

  • To sway back and forth; to totter or reel. 

  • To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch. 

  • To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice. 

  • To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate. 

  • To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light. 

noun
  • Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment). 

  • Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc. 

  • An act of wavering, vacillating, etc. 

  • A tool that accomplishes hair waving. 

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