ease vs relaxation

ease

noun
  • Freedom from effort, leisure, rest. 

  • Additional space provided to allow greater movement. 

  • Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position. 

  • Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance. 

  • Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth. 

  • Ability, the means to do something 

  • Freedom from difficulty. 

  • Skill, dexterity, facility. 

  • Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference. 

  • Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence. 

  • Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace. 

verb
  • To move (something) slowly and carefully. 

  • To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc. 

  • To reduce the difficulty of (something). 

  • To proceed with little effort. 

  • To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain). 

  • To loosen or slacken the tension on a line. 

  • To lessen in intensity. 

  • To give respite to (someone). 

relaxation

noun
  • The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities. 

  • The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation 

  • The release following musical tension. 

  • A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts. 

  • Remission of attention or application. 

  • Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort. 

  • Remission or abatement of rigor. 

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