glee vs respite

glee

noun
  • An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry. 

  • Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. 

  • Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. 

verb
  • To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song). 

respite

noun
  • A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical. 

  • The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term. 

  • A brief interval of rest or relief. 

  • A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death. 

verb
  • To delay or postpone (an event). 

  • To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation. 

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