idiom vs term

idiom

noun
  • A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language. 

  • An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style. 

  • A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. 

  • An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words. 

  • A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. 

term

noun
  • A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept. 

  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal. 

  • Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made. 

  • A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan. 

  • The time during which legal courts are open. 

  • Certain days on which rent is paid. 

  • Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length. 

  • The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. 

  • Relations among people. 

  • That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus. 

  • Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table. 

  • The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force. 

  • A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. 

  • An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart. 

  • A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. 

  • With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception). 

  • One whose employment has been terminated 

  • Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year. 

  • Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract. 

adj
  • Born or delivered at term. 

verb
  • To phrase a certain way; to name or call. 

  • To terminate one's employment 

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