remedy vs reparative

remedy

noun
  • Something that corrects or counteracts. 

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

  • 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. 

reparative

noun
  • That which repairs. 

adj
  • Tending to or intended to repair. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation. 

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