process vs program

process

noun
  • An executable task or program. 

  • Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health. 

  • A path of succession of states through which a system passes. 

  • A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries. 

  • The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails. 

  • A series of events which produce a result (the product). 

  • Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ. 

  • A structure that arises above a surface. 

  • An outgrowth of tissue or cell. 

verb
  • To perform a particular process on a thing. 

  • To develop photographic film. 

  • To take legal proceedings against. 

  • To walk in a procession 

  • To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques. 

  • To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state. 

program

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

  • 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. 

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 process and program occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )