replace vs shorten

replace

verb
  • To supply or substitute an equivalent for 

  • To place again. 

  • To put in a new or different place. 

  • To take over the position or role from. 

  • To take the place of; to be used instead of 

  • To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back 

  • To refund; to repay; to pay back 

  • To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place. 

shorten

verb
  • To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of). 

  • To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen. 

  • To take in the slack of (a rope). 

  • To reduce (sail) by taking it in. 

  • To become shorter. 

  • To make shorter; to abbreviate. 

  • To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc. 

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