modify vs repurpose

modify

verb
  • To change part of. 

  • To set bounds to; to moderate. 

  • To qualify the meaning of. 

  • To be or become modified. 

repurpose

verb
  • To alter to make more suited for a different purpose. 

  • To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, without alteration. 

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