grab vs salvage

grab

verb
  • To restrain someone; to arrest. 

  • To consume something quickly. 

  • To take the opportunity of. 

  • To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something). 

  • To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest. 

  • To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. 

  • To quickly collect or retrieve. 

noun
  • An acquisition by violent or unjust means. 

  • A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. 

  • A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast. 

  • A mechanical device that grabs or clutches. 

  • A sound bite. 

  • A simple card game. 

  • A sudden snatch at something. 

salvage

verb
  • To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial. 

  • to rescue. 

  • To make new or restore for the use of being saved. 

  • To perform summary execution. 

  • to put to use. 

noun
  • The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued. 

  • The money from the sale of rescued goods. 

  • Summary execution, extrajudicial killing. 

  • The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation. 

  • The ship, crew or cargo so rescued. 

  • The compensation paid to the rescuers. 

  • Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods. 

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