respite vs tell time

respite

verb
  • To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation. 

  • To delay or postpone (an event). 

noun
  • The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term. 

  • A brief interval of rest or relief. 

  • A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical. 

  • A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death. 

tell time

verb
  • to measure time, to determine the current time 

  • to read the time as displayed on a clock 

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