diversion vs interest

diversion

noun
  • A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind. 

  • A detour, such as during road construction. 

  • Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program. 

  • The act of diverting. 

  • Removal of water via a canal. 

  • The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination. 

  • A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action. 

interest

noun
  • A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. 

  • An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor. 

  • The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. 

  • Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance. 

  • Any excess over and above an exact equivalent 

  • The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively. 

  • Something or someone one is interested in. 

  • Attention that is given to or received from someone or something. 

verb
  • To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing. 

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