idea vs perception

idea

noun
  • A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. 

  • An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. 

  • A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. 

  • A purposeful aim or goal; intent 

  • A musical theme or melodic subject. 

  • More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. 

  • An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. 

perception

noun
  • That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc. 

  • Vision (ability) 

  • Conscious understanding of something. 

  • The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information. 

  • Acuity 

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