halving vs separating

halving

noun
  • The process or instance of dividing in half. 

separating

noun
  • An instance of separating. 

adj
  • Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length. 

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