abduction vs kidnapping

abduction

noun
  • The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. 

  • Leading away; a carrying away. 

  • A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. 

  • The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. 

kidnapping

noun
  • The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom. 

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