height vs scope

height

noun
  • The distance from the base of something to the top. 

  • The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse). 

  • The highest point or maximum degree. 

  • The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. 

  • A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue. 

  • A mountain, especially a very high one. 

  • The amplitude of a sine function 

  • A high point. 

  • An area of land at the top of a cliff. 

scope

noun
  • The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain. 

  • The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part. 

  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. 

  • The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed. 

  • The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies. 

  • Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. 

  • Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom. 

  • A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope. 

verb
  • To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. 

  • To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out. 

  • To define the scope of something. 

  • To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code. 

  • To examine under a microscope. 

  • To observe a bird using a spotting scope. 

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