pulpit vs staging

pulpit

noun
  • A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker. 

  • The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit. 

  • A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon. 

  • A bow platform for harpooning. 

  • Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit. 

staging

noun
  • A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building. 

  • The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity. 

  • An environment for testing that exactly resembles a production environment. 

  • The act or process of putting on an event. 

  • A performance of a play 

  • The act of journeying in stagecoaches. 

  • The business of running stagecoaches. 

  • The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it. 

  • The scenery and/or organization of actors' movements on stage. 

  • The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression. 

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