delivery vs discourse

delivery

noun
  • The manner of speaking. 

  • The act of giving birth 

  • A thrown pitch. 

  • A pitching motion. 

  • The process of throwing a stone. 

  • The administration of a drug. 

  • The item which has been conveyed. 

  • Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells. 

  • A cross or pass 

  • The act of conveying something. 

  • A ball bowled. 

discourse

noun
  • Expression in words, either speech or writing. 

  • A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written. 

  • An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault). 

  • Any rational expression, reason. 

verb
  • To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. 

  • To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse. 

  • To write or speak formally and at length. 

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