activity vs endeavor

activity

noun
  • Something done as an action or a movement. 

  • The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point. 

  • Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion. 

  • The state or quality of being active; activeness. 

  • The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie 

  • The propery of substances to react with other substances 

endeavor

noun
  • A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity. 

verb
  • To work with purpose. 

  • To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. 

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