locality vs setting

locality

noun
  • The situation or position of an object. 

  • Limitation to a county, district, or place. 

  • The fact or quality of having a position in space. 

  • A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village 

  • An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood. 

  • The features or surroundings of a particular place. 

  • The condition of being local. 

setting

noun
  • The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. 

  • The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does. 

  • The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage. 

  • The direction of a current of wind. 

  • A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. 

  • A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music). 

  • A level or placement that a knob or control is set to. 

  • The act of setting. 

  • Hunting with a setter. 

  • Something set in, or inserted. 

adj
  • that disappears below the horizon 

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