separate vs uproot

separate

verb
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

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