opinion vs rumination

opinion

noun
  • A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. 

  • a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible 

  • The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted. 

  • The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation. 

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 opinion and rumination occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )