clubbing vs hitting

clubbing

noun
  • An instance of using a club. 

  • A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes. 

  • The practice of frequenting nightclubs. 

  • The development of clubroot in a plant. 

hitting

noun
  • A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object. 

  • The batter's hitting improved with practice. 

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