be active vs recline

be active

recline

noun
  • A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism. 

verb
  • To cause to lean back; to bend back. 

  • To put in a resting position. 

  • To lean back. 

  • To put oneself in a resting position. 

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