fashion vs proceeding

fashion

noun
  • A style or manner in which something is done. 

  • Popular trends. 

  • The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution. 

  • A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. 

verb
  • To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way. 

proceeding

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

  • 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 

  • Progress or movement from one thing to another. 

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

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