apartment vs motel

apartment

noun
  • A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat. 

  • A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy. 

motel

noun
  • A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there. 

  • A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel. 

verb
  • To stay in a motel or motels. 

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