imagination vs resource

imagination

noun
  • Creativity; resourcefulness. 

  • Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing. 

  • The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. 

  • A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined. 

resource

noun
  • A person's capacity to deal with difficulty. 

  • Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. 

  • Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students. 

  • Hardware or software accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer. 

verb
  • To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for. 

  • To supply with resources. 

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