deviation vs type

deviation

noun
  • For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean. 

  • A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour. 

  • A detour in a road or railway. 

  • The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road. 

  • The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. 

  • The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts. 

  • A departure from the correct way of acting. 

  • The signed difference between a value and its reference value. 

  • The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. 

type

noun
  • A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type. 

  • A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. 

  • Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to. 

  • A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.) 

  • Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics. 

  • A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. 

  • An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment. 

  • A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token. 

  • The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin. 

  • Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size. 

  • A symbol, emblem, or example of something. 

  • An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc. 

  • Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical. 

  • An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times. 

  • A blood group. 

verb
  • To determine the blood type of. 

  • To categorize into types. 

  • To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. 

  • To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure. 

  • To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. 

  • To put text on paper using a typewriter. 

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