hearing vs listening

hearing

noun
  • The act by which something is heard. 

  • The sense used to perceive sound. 

  • A proceeding at which discussions are heard. 

  • A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing. 

adj
  • Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. 

listening

noun
  • Action of the verb listening 

  • Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. 

  • An educational exercise involving listening 

adj
  • Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds. 

  • Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. 

  • Of something or someone that listens. 

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