array vs parade

array

verb
  • To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal. 

  • To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time. 

  • To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire. 

noun
  • A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. 

  • A militia. 

  • An orderly series, arrangement or sequence. 

  • Clothing and ornamentation. 

  • A microarray. 

  • A group of hedgehogs. 

  • A collection laid out to be viewed in full. 

  • Common name for matrix. 

  • Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle. 

  • A large collection. 

  • Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices. 

parade

verb
  • To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc. 

  • Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession. 

  • To march through or along. 

  • To march past. 

  • To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc. 

  • To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other. 

  • To move slowly through or among. 

  • To march impressively or ostentatiously. 

  • Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others. 

noun
  • Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times. 

  • The body of soldiers thus assembled. 

  • Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills. 

  • Synonym of road, used in place names. 

  • A row of shops beside a street. 

  • Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses. 

  • Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move. 

  • Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults. 

  • Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around. 

  • A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest. 

  • The body of promenaders thus assembled. 

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