remedy vs solution

remedy

verb
  • To provide or serve as a remedy for. 

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. 

solution

verb
  • To treat with a solution. 

noun
  • A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances. 

  • An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem. 

  • An answer to a problem. 

  • A product, service or suite thereof, especially software. 

  • The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution. 

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