activity vs taking

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 

taking

noun
  • The act by which something is taken. 

  • A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. 

  • Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example). 

  • A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). 

adj
  • Alluring; attractive. 

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