intent vs mnemonic

intent

noun
  • Something that is intended. 

  • The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence. 

adj
  • Engrossed. 

  • Firmly fixed or concentrated on something. 

  • Unwavering from a course of action. 

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 intent and mnemonic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )