belt-tightening vs recession

belt-tightening

noun
  • A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions. 

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

recession

noun
  • A period of reduced economic activity 

  • A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly. 

  • The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing. 

  • A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age. 

  • The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service. 

  • The act of ceding something back. 

How often have the words belt-tightening and recession occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )