record vs record book

record

noun
  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. 

  • The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events. 

  • A set of data relating to a single individual or item. 

  • A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data. 

  • Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. 

adj
  • Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme. 

verb
  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. 

  • To give legal status to by making an official public record. 

  • To make a record of information. 

  • To make an audio or video recording of. 

  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. 

record book

noun
  • a book in which a record is kept of events, perhaps similar to a logbook. 

  • a book which lists achievements which break records, the most famous being "Guinness World Records", formerly known as "Guinness Book of Records". 

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