collection vs store

collection

noun
  • A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. 

  • A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. 

  • A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set. 

  • The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. 

  • The activity of collecting. 

  • Multiple related objects associated as a group. 

  • The quality of being collected; calm composure. 

  • A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. 

  • Debt collection. 

store

noun
  • A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept. 

  • A head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing); a store cattle beast. 

  • A supply held in storage. 

  • A great quantity or number; abundance. 

  • A place where items may be purchased; a shop. 

verb
  • To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose. 

  • To write (something) into memory or registers. 

  • Contain. 

  • Have the capacity and capability to contain. 

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