adoption vs passing

adoption

noun
  • The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance 

  • The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child. 

  • An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God. 

  • Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system. 

  • Ten consecutive wins against an opponent. 

  • The act of adopting. 

  • Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. 

passing

noun
  • The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own. 

  • The act of passing a ball etc. to another player. 

  • A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings. 

  • The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. 

  • Death, dying; the end of something. 

  • The act of approving a bill etc. 

adj
  • Vague, cursory. 

  • Going past. 

  • That passes away; ephemeral. 

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