intermittent vs nonstop

intermittent

adj
  • Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span. 

  • Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year. 

nonstop

adj
  • Without stopping; without interruption or break. 

  • Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand. 

adv
  • Without stopping; without interruption or break 

noun
  • A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant. 

  • A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day. 

  • A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight. 

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