decision vs intention

decision

noun
  • The act of deciding. 

  • A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest. 

  • Firmness of conviction. 

  • A choice or judgement. 

  • A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher. 

verb
  • To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout 

intention

noun
  • A course of action that a person intends to follow. 

  • The goal or purpose. 

  • The process of the healing of a wound. 

  • A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. 

verb
  • To intend. 

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