examination vs rumination

examination

noun
  • The act of examining. 

  • Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery. 

  • Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury. 

  • A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester. 

rumination

noun
  • Deep thought or consideration. 

  • The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud. 

  • Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding. 

  • An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach. 

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