perception vs thought

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 

thought

noun
  • Representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking. 

  • A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot. 

  • A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region). 

  • The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished. 

  • Anxiety, distress. 

  • The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation. 

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