corpus vs gist

corpus

noun
  • A body, a collection. 

  • Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses. 

  • A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc. 

gist

noun
  • The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith. 

verb
  • To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of. 

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