exit vs pause

exit

verb
  • To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.) 

  • To depart from life; to die. 

  • To depart from or leave (a place or situation). 

  • To leave a scene or depart from a stage. 

  • Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage. 

  • To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave. 

  • To give up the lead. 

  • To alight or disembark from a vehicle. 

noun
  • A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway). 

  • An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. 

  • An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress. 

  • The act of departing from life; death. 

  • The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage. 

pause

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

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

  • To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. 

  • To interrupt an activity and wait. 

noun
  • A break or paragraph in writing. 

  • Hesitation; suspense; doubt. 

  • A short time for relaxing and doing something else. 

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

  • 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. 

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