listening vs prose

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. 

noun
  • Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. 

  • Action of the verb listening 

  • An educational exercise involving listening 

prose

noun
  • Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. 

  • Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. 

  • A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. 

verb
  • To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. 

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