housekeeping vs routine

housekeeping

noun
  • Any general tasks that involve preparation. 

  • Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. 

  • The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning. 

routine

noun
  • A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine. 

  • A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. 

  • A set piece of an entertainer's act. 

  • A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically. 

adj
  • Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others. 

  • According to established procedure. 

  • Regular; habitual. 

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