entertainment vs rec

entertainment

noun
  • An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games. 

  • A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others. 

rec

noun
  • A recreation ground. 

  • A recommendation or suggestion. 

verb
  • To recommend. 

  • To record. 

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