chain vs queue

chain

verb
  • To relate data items with a chain of pointers. 

  • To link multiple items together. 

  • To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings 

  • To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying. 

  • To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain. 

  • To obligate. 

  • To fasten something with a chain. 

  • To secure someone with fetters. 

  • To load and automatically run (a program). 

  • To be chained to another data item. 

noun
  • A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device. 

  • A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. 

  • A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule. 

  • A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links. 

  • That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond. 

  • A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. 

  • Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 

  • A long measuring tape. 

  • A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset. 

  • A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out). 

  • A livery collar, a chain of office. 

  • The warp threads of a web. 

  • A series of interconnected things. 

queue

verb
  • To add to a queue data structure. 

  • To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. 

  • To fasten the hair into a queue. 

  • To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue. 

noun
  • A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. 

  • A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). 

  • A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order. 

  • A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. 

  • An animal's tail. 

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