calm vs onset

calm

noun
  • The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. 

  • A period of time without wind. 

  • The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. 

adj
  • with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 

  • Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 

  • Free of noise and disturbance. 

  • Without wind or storm. 

verb
  • To become calm. 

  • To make calm. 

onset

noun
  • The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus. 

  • The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak. 

  • The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. 

  • A setting about; a beginning. 

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