extract vs remove

extract

verb
  • To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc. 

  • To select parts of a whole 

  • To determine (a root of a number). 

  • To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. 

  • To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb). 

noun
  • A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue 

  • Something that is extracted or drawn out. 

  • Ancestry; descent. 

  • A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution. 

  • Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained 

  • A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract). 

  • A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation. 

remove

verb
  • To move something or someone from one place to another, especially to take away. 

  • To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.). 

  • To murder. 

  • To dismiss or discharge from office. 

  • To dismiss a batsman. 

  • To delete. 

noun
  • Distance in time or space; interval. 

  • A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove") 

  • (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last 

  • Emotional distance or indifference. 

  • The act of resetting a horse's shoe. 

  • The act of removing something. 

  • A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course. 

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