decree vs resolution

decree

noun
  • A predetermination made by God; an act of providence. 

  • The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate. 

  • An edict or law. 

  • The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity. 

verb
  • To command by a decree. 

resolution

noun
  • A statement of intent, a vow 

  • The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch). 

  • A strong will, determination. 

  • The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc). 

  • The act of discerning detail. 

  • A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting. 

  • The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear. 

  • The degree of fineness of such a separation. 

  • The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup. 

  • The state of being resolute. 

  • The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed. 

  • Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made. 

  • In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages. 

  • The act or process of solving; solution. 

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