distant vs remote

distant

adj
  • Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings. 

  • Far off (physically, logically or mentally). 

remote

adj
  • Emotionally detached. 

  • At a distance; disconnected. 

  • Distant or otherwise inaccessible. 

  • Slight. 

noun
  • An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room. 

verb
  • To connect to a computer from a remote location. 

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