remedy vs therapy

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. 

therapy

verb
  • To treat with a therapy. 

  • To undergo a therapy. 

noun
  • Healing power or quality. 

  • Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. 

  • Specifically, psychotherapy. 

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