pattern vs should

pattern

verb
  • To serve as an example for. 

  • To apply a pattern. 

  • To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours. 

  • To fit into a pattern. 

  • To follow an example. 

  • To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. 

adj
  • Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal. 

noun
  • Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. 

  • Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. 

  • A representative example. 

  • A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. 

  • A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect. 

  • A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. 

  • A text string containing wildcards, used for matching. 

  • A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted. 

  • The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling. 

  • An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language. 

  • A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song. 

  • The material needed to make a piece of clothing. 

  • The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun. 

  • A design pattern. 

should

verb
  • To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality. 

  • Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future. 

  • Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now. 

  • Used to express a conditional outcome. 

  • With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way. 

  • Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance. 

  • Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation. 

  • Simple past tense of shall. 

  • In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc. 

  • Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must'). 

  • Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable. 

  • Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc. 

noun
  • Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case. 

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