mode vs schedule

mode

noun
  • One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours. 

  • A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose. 

  • The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern. 

  • A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality. 

  • The most frequently occurring value in a distribution 

  • A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level. 

  • One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale. 

  • Style or fashion; popular trend. 

  • That which exists only as a quality of substance. 

  • A particular means of accomplishing something. 

  • One of several ancient Greek scales. 

  • A particular state of being, or frame of mind. 

  • A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system. 

  • In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern. 

schedule

noun
  • An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources. 

  • A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. 

  • A serial record of items, systematically arranged. 

  • One of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification. 

  • A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. 

verb
  • To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. 

  • To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future. 

  • To create a time-schedule. 

  • To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law. 

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