journal vs periodical

journal

noun
  • A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject. 

  • A general journal. 

  • The amount of land that can be worked in a day. 

  • The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings. 

  • A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log. 

  • A chronological record of payments or receipts. 

  • A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook. 

verb
  • To scrapbook. 

  • To archive or record something. 

  • To insert (a shaft, an axle, etc) into a journal bearing. 

  • To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing. 

periodical

noun
  • A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field. 

  • A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily. 

adj
  • Periodic. 

  • Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly. 

  • Of, or relating to such a publication. 

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