reply vs research

reply

verb
  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

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

  • To act or gesture in response. 

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. 

research

verb
  • To search again. 

  • To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. 

  • To make an extensive investigation into. 

noun
  • Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth. 

  • The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people. File:The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang.ogg 

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