substitute vs trade

substitute

noun
  • A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose. 

  • A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so. 

  • One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript. 

verb
  • To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place. 

  • To serve as a replacement (for someone or something). 

  • To use in place of something else, with the same function. 

  • To use X in place of Y. 

  • To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y. 

trade

noun
  • A particular instance of buying or selling. 

  • The skilled practice of a practical occupation. 

  • Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work. 

  • Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries. 

  • An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one. 

  • The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers. 

  • Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. 

  • An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. 

  • A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries. 

  • A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.) 

  • Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator. 

  • Refuse or rubbish from a mine. 

verb
  • To recommend and get recommendations. 

  • To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. 

  • To engage in trade. 

  • To mutually exchange (something) (with). 

  • To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return. 

  • To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with). 

  • To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. 

  • To give (something) in exchange (for). 

adj
  • Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality. 

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