entity vs item

entity

noun
  • The existence of something considered apart from its properties. 

  • That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form. 

  • Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts. 

  • The state or quality of being or existence. 

  • An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body. 

  • A spirit, ghost, or the like. 

item

noun
  • A distinct physical object. 

  • A question on a test, which may include its answers. 

  • Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. 

  • A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account. 

  • An object that can be picked up for later use. 

  • A short article in a newspaper. 

  • A matter for discussion in an agenda. 

adv
  • likewise 

verb
  • To make a note of. 

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