listening vs parlance

listening

noun
  • Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. 

  • Action of the verb listening 

  • 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. 

parlance

noun
  • A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest. 

  • Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang. 

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