formulary vs rote

formulary

adj
  • Stated; prescribed; ritual. 

noun
  • A list of formulas; a collection of set forms to be followed, especially in religious belief. 

  • A pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs 

  • A list of drugs, created by health insurers, hospitals, or prescription drug plans, that defines how costs for any drug are shared between patient and health care provider, typically broken down by tiers such as preferred generics with lowest copay, or preferred brand with higher copay, or non-preferred brand and not covered tiers with the highest cost to the patient. 

  • An ancient or medieval collection of models for official writings. 

  • A collection of formulas in sciences and mathematics. 

rote

adj
  • By repetition or practice. 

verb
  • To learn or repeat by rote. 

noun
  • A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy. 

  • Synonym of crowd. 

  • Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure. 

  • The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore. 

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