retrieve vs second-stringer

retrieve

noun
  • The return of a difficult ball 

  • A retrieval 

verb
  • 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 remedy or rectify something. 

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

second-stringer

noun
  • A person who plays second string. A person who is kept on a sports team as a backup in case a "first-string" player is unavailable. 

  • A person who is not good enough to be considered proficient but may be useful as a backup. 

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