estimate vs example

estimate

noun
  • A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost. 

  • A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. 

  • An upper limitation on some positive quantity. 

verb
  • To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data. 

  • To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data. 

example

noun
  • Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule. 

  • Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example). 

  • Something that is representative of all such things in a group. 

  • A person punished as a warning to others. 

  • A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model. 

  • An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule. 

verb
  • To be illustrated or exemplified (by). 

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