retire vs wipe

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. 

wipe

verb
  • To erase. 

  • To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) 

  • To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out. 

  • To clean (the buttocks) after defecation. 

  • To deperm (a ship). 

  • To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. 

  • To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. 

  • To remove an expression from one's face. 

noun
  • A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. 

  • A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). 

  • A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. 

  • The act of wiping something. 

  • An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout. 

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