breather vs stoppage

breather

noun
  • A short break; a rest or respite. 

  • A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice. 

  • An air inlet path to the crankcase 

  • Something or someone that breathes. 

  • A heavy breather. 

stoppage

noun
  • A pause or halt of some activity. 

  • Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction. 

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