maneuver vs proceeding

maneuver

noun
  • A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. 

  • A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. 

  • The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. 

  • A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. 

  • Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. 

verb
  • To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position. 

  • To guide, steer, manage purposefully 

  • To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme 

proceeding

noun
  • Progress or movement from one thing to another. 

  • 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 

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

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