activity vs shortcut

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 

shortcut

noun
  • A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps. 

  • A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation. 

  • A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths. 

  • A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it. 

verb
  • To take or use a shortcut 

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