attribute vs property

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. 

property

noun
  • An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept. 

  • A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like. 

  • Real estate; the business of selling houses. 

  • The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing. 

  • An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class. 

  • Something that is owned. 

  • A produced stage play, movie, or the like. 

  • A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land. 

  • An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects. 

  • A prop, an object used in a dramatic production. 

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