resting vs sleeping

resting

noun
  • The action of rest 

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

  • A pause; a break; an interlude. 

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

  • Unemployed; out of work. 

  • Remaining; stationary. 

sleeping

noun
  • The state of being asleep, or an instance of this. 

adj
  • Asleep. 

  • Used for sleep; used to produce sleep. 

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