anniversary vs waypost

anniversary

noun
  • A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years. 

  • A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question). 

  • Such a day that commemorates a wedding. 

waypost

noun
  • A sign or other marker that indicates the way along a road or trail. 

  • Something that guides or marks the way along a figurative journey; a temporary stopping point. 

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