matter vs proceeding

matter

noun
  • Printed material, especially in books or magazines. 

  • Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. 

  • Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance. 

  • An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic. 

  • The basic structural component of the universe, usually having mass and volume. 

  • An approximate amount or extent. 

  • A kind of substance. 

verb
  • To be important. 

  • To care about, to mind; to find important. 

proceeding

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

  • An event or happening; something that happens 

  • 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 matter and proceeding occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )