appointment vs rendezvous

appointment

noun
  • An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement. 

  • An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college. 

  • Equipment, furniture. 

  • Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. 

  • The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed 

  • Decree; direction; established order or constitution. 

  • The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. 

  • The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust 

  • The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 

rendezvous

noun
  • An agreement to meet at a certain place and time. 

  • A meeting or date. 

  • A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance. 

  • A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. 

  • The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. 

verb
  • To meet at an agreed time and place. 

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