remove vs shove

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. 

shove

verb
  • To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off. 

  • To pass (counterfeit money). 

  • To make an all-in bet. 

  • To push, especially roughly or with force. 

noun
  • A rough push. 

  • An all-in bet. 

  • A forward movement of packed river-ice. 

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