pursuit vs recreation

pursuit

noun
  • A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly. 

  • A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents. 

  • The act of pursuing. 

recreation

noun
  • Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates. 

  • The result of this process. 

  • The process of creating something again. 

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