blockage vs reinforcement

blockage

noun
  • Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”). 

  • The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage. 

  • The state or condition of being blocked. 

  • Synonym of thrombosis, synonym of thromboembolism, or synonym of embolism. 

reinforcement

noun
  • The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated. 

  • A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper. 

  • Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action. 

  • The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced. 

  • A thing that reinforces. 

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