remove vs take away

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. 

take away

verb
  • To remove something and put it in a different place. 

  • To subtract or diminish something. 

  • To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later. 

  • To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent. 

  • To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person. 

  • To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something. 

  • To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it. 

prep
  • minus 

noun
  • Actions of subtraction or subtracting exercises. 

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