day vs hard stop

day

noun
  • A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. 

  • Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth). 

  • Any period of 24 hours. 

  • The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. 

  • A period from midnight to the following midnight. 

  • A period of contention of a day or less. 

  • A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. 

  • Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime. 

verb
  • To spend a day (in a place). 

hard stop

noun
  • A definite time when someone must end a task in order to meet another time commitment. 

  • A mechanical device that limits the travel of a mechanism. 

  • A tactic used by armed police to stop a vehicle believed to contain dangerous criminals. 

  • Synonym of full stop 

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