questioning vs silence

questioning

noun
  • Interrogation. 

  • The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry. 

  • The act of challenging, wondering, and doubting. 

adj
  • Unsure of one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity. 

  • Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt, or wonder. 

silence

noun
  • deadly silence 

  • The act of refraining from speaking. 

  • The absence of any sound. 

verb
  • To repress the expression of something. 

  • To suppress criticism, etc. 

  • To block gene expression. 

  • To murder. 

  • To make (someone or something) silent. 

intj
  • Be silent. 

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