night after night vs occasional

night after night

occasional

noun
  • A person who does something only occasionally. 

adj
  • Created for a specific occasion. 

  • Acting in the indicated role from time to time. 

  • Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often. 

  • Intended for use as the occasion requires. 

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