ornament vs patterning

ornament

noun
  • A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate) 

  • The articles used in church services. 

  • A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line. 

  • An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns. 

  • A Christmas tree decoration. 

verb
  • To decorate. 

  • To add to. 

patterning

noun
  • A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern. 

  • Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after. 

  • An assault or act of humiliation that is deliberately filmed to be shared on social media. 

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