catching vs contracting

catching

adj
  • Infectious, contagious. 

  • Captivating; alluring; catchy. 

noun
  • The action of the verb catch. 

contracting

adj
  • Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area. 

noun
  • Work done on a contract basis. 

  • The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction. 

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