shipping vs transportation

shipping

noun
  • The transportation of goods. 

  • The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively. 

  • Passage or transport on a ship. 

  • Navigation. 

  • The cost of sending an item or package via postal services. 

transportation

noun
  • The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc. 

  • A ticket or fare. 

  • Deportation to a penal colony. 

  • A means of conveyance. 

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