from day to day vs nocturnal

from day to day

adv
  • focusing on one day at a time. 

  • daily. 

nocturnal

noun
  • A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars. 

  • A person or creature that is active at night. 

adj
  • Taking place at night, nightly. 

  • Primarily active during the night. 

How often have the words from day to day and nocturnal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )