bidding vs directive

bidding

noun
  • That which one is bidden to do; a command. 

  • The act of placing a bid. 

directive

noun
  • The directive case. 

  • An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal. 

  • A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation. 

  • An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force. 

  • A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run. 

adj
  • That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide. 

  • Relating to the directive case. 

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