mainstream vs margin

mainstream

noun
  • That which is common; the norm. 

  • The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air 

verb
  • To become mainstream. 

  • To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream. 

  • To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students. 

adj
  • Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market. 

margin

noun
  • A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. 

  • The edge or border of any flat surface. 

  • The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. 

  • margin of victory 

  • That which is ancillary; periphery. 

  • The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group. 

  • The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc. 

  • A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores. 

  • Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc. 

verb
  • To enter (notes etc.) into the margin. 

  • To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral). 

  • To add a margin to. 

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