manifestation vs representation

manifestation

noun
  • The act or process of becoming manifest. 

  • A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it. 

  • The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing. 

  • The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease. 

  • This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying. 

representation

noun
  • The act of representing. 

  • An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space. 

  • A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others 

  • The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court. 

  • A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality. 

  • That which represents something else. 

  • The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government. 

  • A theatrical performance. 

  • An act of representing, i.e. presenting again. 

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