product vs resource

product

noun
  • A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances. 

  • Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity. 

  • Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product. 

  • A commodity offered for sale. 

  • Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user. 

  • A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers. 

  • A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction. 

  • The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process. 

  • Anything that is produced; a result. 

  • Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. 

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 product and resource occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )