happening vs nouveau

happening

adj
  • Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. 

  • Trendy, up-to-the-minute. 

noun
  • Something that happens. 

  • A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation. 

nouveau

adj
  • New, fashionable. 

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