recurring vs stop-start

recurring

adj
  • Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition. 

  • Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely. 

noun
  • A recurrence; a coming round again. 

stop-start

adj
  • Intermittent; starting and stopping with regularity. 

How often have the words recurring and stop-start occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )