examine vs reply

examine

verb
  • to interrogate 

  • to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination 

  • to observe or inspect carefully or critically 

  • to check the health or condition of something or someone 

reply

verb
  • To act or gesture in response. 

  • To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. 

  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

noun
  • Something given in reply. 

  • A counterattack. 

  • A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. 

  • The answer of a figure. 

  • A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. 

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