controller vs guide

controller

noun
  • The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field. 

  • An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. 

  • The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller. 

  • One who controls something. 

  • Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system. 

  • In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views. 

  • A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games. 

  • A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer. 

  • The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics) 

guide

noun
  • Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. 

  • A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery. 

  • A sign that guides people; guidepost. 

  • A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel. 

  • A spirit believed to speak through a medium. 

  • A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest. 

  • A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. 

  • Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference. 

verb
  • to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. 

  • to act as a guide. 

  • to exert control or influence over someone or something. 

  • to supervise the education or training of someone. 

  • to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot. 

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