happening vs timing

happening

noun
  • Something that happens. 

  • A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation. 

adj
  • Trendy, up-to-the-minute. 

  • Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. 

timing

noun
  • The time when something happens. 

  • The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. 

  • The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events. 

  • An instance of recording the time of something. 

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