curative vs remedy

curative

noun
  • A substance that acts as a cure. 

adj
  • Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness. 

  • Remediative. 

  • of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something" 

remedy

noun
  • A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. 

  • Something that corrects or counteracts. 

  • The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc. 

  • The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong. 

verb
  • To provide or serve as a remedy for. 

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