journal vs record book

journal

noun
  • A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook. 

  • A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject. 

  • A general journal. 

  • The amount of land that can be worked in a day. 

  • The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings. 

  • A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log. 

  • A chronological record of payments or receipts. 

verb
  • To scrapbook. 

  • To archive or record something. 

  • To insert (a shaft, an axle, etc) into a journal bearing. 

  • To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing. 

record book

noun
  • a book in which a record is kept of events, perhaps similar to a logbook. 

  • a book which lists achievements which break records, the most famous being "Guinness World Records", formerly known as "Guinness Book of Records". 

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