closing vs wind-up

closing

noun
  • The end or conclusion of something. 

  • In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set. 

  • The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded. 

  • The act by which something is closed. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others. 

wind-up

noun
  • The end or conclusion of something. 

  • A punch line of a joke or comedy routine. 

  • The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball. 

  • A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly. 

  • A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue. 

adj
  • Needing to be wound up in order to function. 

How often have the words closing and wind-up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )