argument vs theme

argument

noun
  • Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause. 

  • An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves. 

  • Any dispute, altercation, or collision. 

  • The independent variable of a function. 

  • A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function. 

  • A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter. 

  • A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. 

  • A process of reasoning; argumentation. 

  • The phase of a complex number. 

  • A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends. 

  • A verbal dispute; a quarrel. 

  • A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises. 

theme

noun
  • thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb. 

  • The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations. 

  • The stem of a word. 

  • A concept with multiple instantiations. 

  • Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme. 

  • A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire. 

  • Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory. 

  • A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. 

  • A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time. 

  • Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects. 

verb
  • To give a theme to. 

  • To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software). 

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