a la mode vs chic

a la mode

adj
  • Fashionable; in the current style or fashion. 

  • Served with ice cream. 

  • Of beef: larded and stewed with vegetables. 

adv
  • In a particular style or fashion. 

chic

adj
  • Elegant, stylish. 

noun
  • Good form; style. 

  • A person with (a particular type of) chic. 

  • A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture. 

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