influence vs prompt

influence

verb
  • To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce. 

  • To exert, make use of one's influence. 

noun
  • A person or thing exerting such power or action. 

  • Electrostatic induction. 

  • The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. 

  • An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. 

  • An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. 

prompt

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

  • 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. 

adj
  • On time; punctual. 

  • Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading. 

  • Quick; acting without delay. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A reminder or cue. 

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

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