remove vs uproot

remove

verb
  • To move something or someone from one place to another, especially to take away. 

  • To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.). 

  • To murder. 

  • To dismiss or discharge from office. 

  • To dismiss a batsman. 

  • To delete. 

noun
  • Distance in time or space; interval. 

  • A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove") 

  • (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last 

  • Emotional distance or indifference. 

  • The act of resetting a horse's shoe. 

  • The act of removing something. 

  • A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course. 

uproot

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

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

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

  • 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 remove and uproot occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )