frame vs skeleton

frame

noun
  • The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. 

  • An independent chunk of data sent over a network. 

  • An individually scrollable region of a webpage. 

  • A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted. 

  • A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets. 

  • A context for understanding or interpretation. 

  • The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change. 

  • A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins. 

  • A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second. 

  • The outer circle of a cancellation mark. 

  • Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure. 

  • A piece of photographic film containing an image. 

  • A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants. 

  • An inning. 

  • A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence. 

  • A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game. 

  • A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material. 

  • The structure of a person's body; the human body. 

  • The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration. 

verb
  • Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border. 

  • Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements. 

  • To move. 

  • To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. 

  • To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. 

  • To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation. 

  • To position visually within a fixed boundary. 

  • To wash ore with the aid of a frame. 

  • Conspire to falsely incriminate a presumably innocent person. See frameup. 

  • To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. 

  • To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit). 

skeleton

noun
  • A frame that provides support to a building or other construction. 

  • A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub. 

  • The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. 

  • The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively. 

  • A very thin person. 

  • The network of veins in a leaf. 

  • A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first. 

  • A very thin form of light-faced type. 

  • Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials. 

  • An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. 

  • The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure. 

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