circumstance vs outline

circumstance

noun
  • An event; a fact; a particular incident. 

  • Circumlocution; detail. 

  • Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. 

  • Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. 

verb
  • To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources. 

outline

noun
  • A general description of some subject. 

  • A line marking the boundary of an object figure. 

  • The outer shape of an object or figure. 

  • A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment. 

  • A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading. 

  • A preliminary plan for a project. 

  • A statement summarizing the important points of a text. 

  • A setline or trotline. 

verb
  • To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls. 

  • To draw an outline of. 

  • To summarize. 

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