retract vs void

retract

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

  • To avert (one's eyes or a gaze). 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

void

verb
  • To make invalid or worthless. 

  • To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge. 

  • To empty. 

noun
  • An empty place; A location that has nothing useful. 

  • An empty space; a vacuum. 

  • A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. 

  • A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation. 

  • An extended region of space containing no galaxies. 

  • An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade. 

  • A black cat. 

adj
  • That does not return a value; a procedure. 

  • Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled. 

  • Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc. 

  • Being without; destitute; devoid. 

  • Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. 

  • Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. 

  • Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification. 

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