cue vs mnemonic

cue

noun
  • The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword. 

  • A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games. 

  • A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording. 

  • The name of the Latin-script letter Q. 

  • An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something. 

  • A hint or intimation. 

verb
  • To spark or provoke. 

  • To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. 

  • To give someone a cue signal. 

  • To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it. 

mnemonic

noun
  • Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid. 

  • The human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands. 

adj
  • Of or relating to memory. 

  • Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering. 

  • Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”). 

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