dependent vs identifier

dependent

noun
  • One who relies on another for support 

  • An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners. 

  • The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages. 

adj
  • Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences. 

  • Relying upon; depending upon. 

  • Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine. 

  • Hanging down. 

  • Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event. 

identifier

noun
  • One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing. 

  • A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc. 

  • A primary key. 

  • Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something. 

  • A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star). 

  • Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else. 

  • A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document. 

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