change vs pause

change

noun
  • The process of becoming different. 

  • A change-up pitch. 

  • An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money. 

  • Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. 

  • Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. 

  • A transfer between vehicles. 

  • Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. 

  • A replacement. 

verb
  • To replace one's clothing. 

  • To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it). 

  • To change hand while riding (a horse). 

  • To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.) 

  • To become something different. 

  • To make something into something else. 

  • To replace. 

pause

noun
  • Hesitation; suspense; doubt. 

  • A break or paragraph in writing. 

  • A short time for relaxing and doing something else. 

  • A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 

  • In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark. 

  • take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate 

  • A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest. 

verb
  • To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. 

  • To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. 

  • To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. 

  • To interrupt an activity and wait. 

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