article vs position paper

article

noun
  • A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc. 

  • A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these. 

  • A genuine article. 

  • A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set. 

  • An object, a member of a group or class. 

  • A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto). 

verb
  • To bind by articles of apprenticeship. 

  • To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. 

position paper

noun
  • An essay or report which expresses a position, conclusion, or recommendation concerning a contested issue or undecided question and which usually contains arguments or reasons in support of this position. 

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