constituent vs outline

constituent

noun
  • A functional element of a phrase or clause 

  • A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official. 

  • A part, or component of a whole 

  • A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs 

  • A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause. 

  • One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact 

adj
  • constitutive or constituting; (politics) authorized to make a constitution 

  • being a part, or component of a whole 

outline

noun
  • A statement summarizing the important points of a text. 

  • 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 general description of some subject. 

  • A preliminary plan for a project. 

  • 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 constituent and outline occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )