provide vs retard

provide

verb
  • To act to prepare for something. 

  • To make a living; earn money for necessities. 

  • To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. 

  • To furnish (with), cause to be present. 

  • To make possible or attainable. 

  • To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor. 

  • To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. 

retard

verb
  • To put off; to postpone. 

  • To decelerate; to slow down. 

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

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 provide and retard occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )