probe vs style

probe

noun
  • Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. 

  • A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. 

  • A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. 

  • Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. 

  • An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans. 

  • An investigation or inquiry. 

  • a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy 

  • Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure 

  • An act of probing; a prod, a poke. 

  • A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. 

verb
  • To insert a probe into. 

  • To explore, investigate, or question 

style

noun
  • A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration. 

  • The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. 

  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art. 

  • A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title. 

  • A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. 

  • The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. 

  • A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace. 

  • A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable. 

  • A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics. 

  • A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. 

  • A small, thin, pointed body part. 

  • A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region. 

  • A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good. 

  • A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces. 

verb
  • To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy. 

  • To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style. 

  • To call or give a name or title to. 

  • To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style) 

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