pavement vs paving

pavement

noun
  • A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. 

  • A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. 

  • The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar. 

  • The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot. 

  • A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. 

paving

noun
  • The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk. 

  • Interior pavement, as in a cathedral. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself. 

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