furlough vs shutdown

furlough

noun
  • A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs. 

  • The documents authorizing such leave. 

  • especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner. 

  • especially one granted to a missionary. 

verb
  • To grant a furlough to (someone). 

  • To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough. 

shutdown

noun
  • The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc. 

  • A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further. 

  • An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive. 

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