circumstance vs proceeding

circumstance

noun
  • An event; a fact; a particular incident. 

  • Circumlocution; detail. 

  • Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. 

  • Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. 

verb
  • To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources. 

proceeding

noun
  • An event or happening; something that happens 

  • A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society. 

  • A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction 

  • The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction 

  • Progress or movement from one thing to another. 

  • Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit. 

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