memory vs perception

memory

noun
  • The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will. 

  • Which returns to its original shape when heated 

  • A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd. 

  • The time within which past events can be or are remembered. 

  • A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism. 

  • The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM). 

  • Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”). 

perception

noun
  • Conscious understanding of something. 

  • That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc. 

  • Vision (ability) 

  • The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information. 

  • Acuity 

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