gazette vs periodical

gazette

noun
  • A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. 

  • A official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills. 

verb
  • To publish in a gazette. 

  • To announce the status of in an official gazette. This pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies. 

periodical

noun
  • A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily. 

  • A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field. 

adj
  • Periodic. 

  • Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly. 

  • Of, or relating to such a publication. 

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