beginning vs capping

beginning

noun
  • The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. 

  • The initial portion of some extended thing. 

  • That which is begun; a rudiment or element. 

  • That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause. 

adj
  • Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. 

capping

noun
  • The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well. 

  • The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date. 

  • The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face. 

  • The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer. 

  • The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY. 

  • Lying or exaggerating. 

  • The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect. 

  • the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit. 

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