refuge vs rest home

refuge

noun
  • A place providing safety, protection or shelter. 

  • A state of safety, protection or shelter. 

  • A refuge island. 

  • An expedient to secure protection or defence. 

  • Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort. 

verb
  • To return to a place of shelter. 

rest home

noun
  • A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities. 

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