remove vs restore

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. 

restore

verb
  • To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace. 

  • To give in place of, or as restitution for. 

  • To recover (data, etc.) from a backup. 

  • To bring (a note) back to its original signification. 

  • To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin. 

  • To reestablish, or bring back into existence. 

noun
  • The act of recovering data or a system from a backup. 

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