limb vs member

limb

noun
  • A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). 

  • The apparent visual edge of a celestial body. 

  • An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. 

  • A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. 

  • The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade. 

  • The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. 

  • A branch of a tree. 

  • The graduated edge of a circle or arc. 

verb
  • To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree). 

  • To supply with limbs. 

member

noun
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. 

  • A file stored within an archive file. 

  • the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court. 

  • The penis. 

  • A part of a whole. 

  • One who officially belongs to a group. 

  • An element of a set. 

  • Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign. 

  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause. 

  • One of the propositions making up a syllogism. 

  • A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class. 

  • friend 

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