book vs label

book

noun
  • A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. 

  • A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet). 

  • A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement). 

  • A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game. 

  • A major division of a long work. 

  • A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use. 

  • Records of the accounts of a business. 

  • A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant. 

  • Six tricks taken by one side. 

  • Four of a kind. 

  • The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps. 

  • The script of a musical or opera. 

  • A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry. 

  • The twenty-sixth Lenormand card. 

  • Any source of instruction. 

  • The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame. 

  • A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. 

  • A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game. 

verb
  • To record bets as bookmaker. 

  • To receive the highest grade in a class. 

  • To leave. 

  • To reserve (something) for future use. 

  • To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action. 

  • To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued. 

  • simple past tense of bake 

  • To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book. 

  • To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. 

  • To travel very fast. 

label

noun
  • A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc. 

  • A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration. 

  • A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control. 

  • A company that sells records. 

  • In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. 

  • A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. 

  • A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will. 

  • A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes. 

  • The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. 

  • A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung. 

  • A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. 

  • A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct. 

verb
  • To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro 

  • To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. 

  • To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). 

  • To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell. 

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