afterthought vs echoing

afterthought

noun
  • A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient. 

  • Something additional to the original plan or concept. 

verb
  • To expound as an afterthought. 

echoing

noun
  • The act of something that echoes. 

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