guide vs model

guide

verb
  • to act as a guide. 

  • to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. 

  • to exert control or influence over someone or something. 

  • to supervise the education or training of someone. 

  • to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot. 

noun
  • Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. 

  • A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery. 

  • A sign that guides people; guidepost. 

  • A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel. 

  • A spirit believed to speak through a medium. 

  • A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest. 

  • A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. 

  • Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference. 

model

verb
  • to be a model of any kind 

  • to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model 

  • to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model 

  • to create from a substance such as clay 

  • to make a model or models 

  • to make a miniature model of 

noun
  • A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications. 

  • A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. 

  • A style, type, or design. 

  • Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. 

  • A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. 

  • An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition. 

  • The structural design of a complex system. 

  • An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology. 

  • A person, usually an attractive male or female that is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show. 

  • A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event. 

  • An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set. 

  • In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data. 

adj
  • Worthy of being a model; exemplary. 

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