move ahead vs retard

move ahead

verb
  • to continue without being distracted; to keep going 

  • to proceed; to make or signify progress 

  • to go on to something else 

retard

verb
  • To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing. 

  • To put off; to postpone. 

  • To decelerate; to slow down. 

noun
  • Retardation; delay. 

  • A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando. 

  • A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn. 

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