model vs stylus

model

noun
  • A style, type, or design. 

  • A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications. 

  • A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. 

  • Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. 

  • A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. 

  • An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition. 

  • The structural design of a complex system. 

  • An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology. 

  • A person, usually an attractive male or female that is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show. 

  • A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event. 

  • An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set. 

  • In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data. 

adj
  • Worthy of being a model; exemplary. 

verb
  • to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model 

  • to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model 

  • to create from a substance such as clay 

  • to be a model of any kind 

  • to make a model or models 

  • to make a miniature model of 

stylus

noun
  • Synonym of style. 

  • A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing. 

  • A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine. 

  • An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them. 

  • A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand. 

  • A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction. 

  • A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen. 

  • A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound. 

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