idea vs program

idea

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

  • 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. 

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

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

program

noun
  • A particular mindset or method of doing things. 

  • A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate 

  • A set of structured activities. 

  • A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity. 

  • A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television. 

  • A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task. 

verb
  • To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task. 

  • To develop (software) by writing program code. 

  • To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast. 

  • To put together the schedule of an event. 

  • To cause to automatically behave in a particular way. 

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