caesura vs lull

caesura

noun
  • A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. 

  • Using two words to divide a metrical foot. 

  • The caesura mark ‖ or ||. 

  • A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point. 

lull

noun
  • A period of rest or soothing. 

  • A period without waves or wind. 

  • An extended pause between sets of waves. 

  • A period of reduced activity; a respite 

verb
  • To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm 

  • To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate. 

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