amend vs retrieve

amend

verb
  • To make better; improve. 

  • To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing. 

  • To become better. 

noun
  • An act of righting a wrong; compensation. 

retrieve

verb
  • To remedy or rectify something. 

  • To remember or recall something. 

  • To regain or get back something. 

  • To fetch and bring in game. 

  • To salvage something 

  • To make a difficult but successful return of the ball. 

  • To fetch and bring in game systematically. 

  • To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record. 

  • To rescue (a creature). 

  • To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game. 

noun
  • The return of a difficult ball 

  • A retrieval 

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