exercise vs pause

exercise

noun
  • A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use. 

  • Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness. 

  • The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty. 

  • Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. 

verb
  • To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious. 

  • To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice. 

  • To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop. 

  • To perform physical activity for health or training. 

pause

noun
  • A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 

  • A break or paragraph in writing. 

  • Hesitation; suspense; doubt. 

  • A short time for relaxing and doing something else. 

  • In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark. 

  • take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate 

  • A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest. 

verb
  • To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. 

  • To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. 

  • To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. 

  • To interrupt an activity and wait. 

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