berth vs mooring

berth

noun
  • A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park. 

  • A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. 

  • position on the field of play 

  • Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.) 

  • A job or position, especially on a ship. 

  • Position or seed in a tournament bracket. 

  • A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc). 

verb
  • To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock 

  • to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing 

  • to assign a berth (bunk or position) to 

mooring

noun
  • A place to moor a vessel. 

  • The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc. 

  • Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc. 

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