mock-up vs sample

mock-up

noun
  • A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as a paper illustration, screenshot, or simple configuration of a screen with limited interaction. 

  • A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes. 

sample

noun
  • A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen. 

  • A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free. 

  • A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population. 

  • Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording. 

  • A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free. 

verb
  • To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal. 

  • To make or show something similar to a sample. 

  • To take or to test a sample or samples of. 

  • To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music. 

How often have the words mock-up and sample occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )