occlusive vs syncope

occlusive

noun
  • A phoneme produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract. 

  • A product that forms a protective film and traps moisture against the skin. 

adj
  • That tends to occlude. 

syncope

noun
  • The loss or elision of a sound, from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable. 

  • A loss of consciousness when someone faints. 

  • A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation. 

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