hurry vs pause

hurry

verb
  • To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. 

  • Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. 

  • To cause to be done quickly. 

  • To do things quickly. 

  • To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. 

  • To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway. 

noun
  • Rushed action. 

  • Urgency. 

  • an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. 

  • A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. 

pause

verb
  • To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. 

  • To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. 

  • To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. 

  • To interrupt an activity and wait. 

noun
  • A break or paragraph in writing. 

  • Hesitation; suspense; doubt. 

  • A short time for relaxing and doing something else. 

  • A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 

  • In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark. 

  • take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate 

  • A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest. 

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