persist vs remodel

persist

verb
  • To go on stubbornly or resolutely. 

  • To repeat an utterance. 

  • To cause to persist; make permanent. 

  • To continue to exist. 

remodel

noun
  • Synonym of remodeling 

verb
  • To change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of. 

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