remove vs stuff

remove

verb
  • To murder. 

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

  • To dismiss or discharge from office. 

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

  • 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. 

stuff

verb
  • To break; to destroy. 

  • To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre. 

  • To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later. 

  • To fill with seasoning. 

  • To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner. 

  • To load goods into (a container) for transport. 

  • To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess. 

  • To sate. 

  • To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. 

  • To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin. 

  • To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. 

  • To heavily defeat or get the better of. 

  • Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it. 

  • To sexually penetrate. 

  • To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner. 

noun
  • Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language. 

  • Narcotic drugs, especially heroin. 

  • The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. 

  • Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff. 

  • Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name. 

  • Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. 

  • Unspecified things or matters. 

  • A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. 

  • Abstract/figurative substance or character. 

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