retire vs retract

retire

verb
  • To withdraw; to take away. 

  • To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. 

  • To cease use or production of something. 

  • To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy. 

  • To fit (a vehicle) with new tires. 

  • To recede; to fall or bend back. 

  • To go to bed. 

  • To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat. 

  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure. 

  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay. 

  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list. 

  • To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. 

noun
  • The act of retiring, or the state of being retired. 

  • A place to which one retires. 

retract

verb
  • To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate. 

  • To avert (one's eyes or a gaze). 

  • To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word. 

  • To pull (something) back or back inside. 

  • Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw. 

  • To draw (an extended body part) back into the body. 

  • Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played). 

  • To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege. 

  • To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. 

  • To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract. 

  • To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke. 

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