ground plan vs procedure

ground plan

noun
  • Framework or pattern. 

  • Hypothetical ancestor of a clade. 

  • Floorplan. 

  • A diagram showing set layout. 

procedure

noun
  • The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks. 

  • A particular method for performing a task. 

  • The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. 

  • A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end. 

  • A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value. 

  • A surgical operation. 

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