merriment vs rec

merriment

noun

  • A state of enjoyable exuberance. 

  • Playful fun. 

rec

noun

  • A recreation ground. 

  • A recommendation or suggestion. 

verb

  • To recommend. 

  • To record. 

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