attribute vs facet

attribute

noun
  • A characteristic or quality of a thing. 

  • That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident. 

  • A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated. 

  • An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention. 

  • A word that qualifies a noun. 

  • An option or setting belonging to some object. 

verb
  • To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc. 

  • To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone. 

facet

noun
  • One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. 

  • The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet. 

  • One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans. 

  • A smooth circumscribed surface. 

  • One of a series of things, such as steps in a project. 

  • Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. 

  • A face of codimension 1 of a polytope. 

  • A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store. 

  • Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion 

verb
  • To cut a facet into a gemstone. 

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