break-off vs resting

break-off

noun
  • A break, discontinuance, or interruption 

  • That which breaks off, or is broken off 

  • The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game 

verb
  • To play the first shot in a game of snooker 

resting

noun
  • A pause; a break; an interlude. 

  • The action of rest 

  • A place where one can rest; a resting place. 

adj
  • That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth. 

  • Unemployed; out of work. 

  • Remaining; stationary. 

How often have the words break-off and resting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )