fillip vs prompt

fillip

noun
  • Something that excites or stimulates. 

  • A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. 

  • Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. 

verb
  • To project quickly; to snap. 

  • To strike or tap smartly. 

  • To drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet. 

  • To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick. 

  • To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers). 

prompt

noun
  • A reminder or cue. 

  • A suggestion for inspiration given to an author. 

  • A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input. 

  • Textual input given to a large language model in order to have it generate a desired output. 

verb
  • To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing. 

  • To initiate; to cause or lead to. 

  • To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do. 

adj
  • On time; punctual. 

  • Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading. 

  • Quick; acting without delay. 

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