stoppage vs suppression

stoppage

noun
  • Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction. 

  • A pause or halt of some activity. 

suppression

noun
  • The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others. 

  • The act or instance of suppressing. 

  • A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories. 

  • The state of being suppressed. 

  • A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia. 

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