remedy vs sedative

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. 

sedative

noun
  • An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep. 

adj
  • Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing 

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