limitation vs stipulation

limitation

noun
  • The act of limiting or the state of being limited. 

  • An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value. 

  • A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought. 

  • A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance. 

stipulation

noun
  • The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement. 

  • Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement. 

  • The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules. 

  • A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves. 

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