excavate vs uproot

excavate

verb
  • To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. 

  • To uncover (something) by digging. 

  • To make a hole in (something); to hollow. 

noun
  • Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata. 

uproot

verb
  • To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. 

  • To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate. 

  • Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere). 

  • To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up. 

  • Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout. 

noun
  • The act of uprooting something. 

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