motionless vs resting

motionless

adj
  • at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving. 

resting

adj
  • Remaining; stationary. 

  • That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth. 

  • Unemployed; out of work. 

noun
  • The action of rest 

  • A place where one can rest; a resting place. 

  • A pause; a break; an interlude. 

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