exordium vs lead-in

exordium

noun
  • A beginning. 

  • The introduction to an essay or discourse. 

lead-in

noun
  • An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something. 

  • A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph. 

  • A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents. 

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