recession vs withdrawal

recession

noun
  • The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing. 

  • A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly. 

  • A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age. 

  • A period of reduced economic activity 

  • The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service. 

  • The act of ceding something back. 

withdrawal

noun
  • An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn. 

  • A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation. 

  • The sum of money taken from a bank account. 

  • Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money. 

  • A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier. 

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