label vs term

label

verb
  • To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. 

  • To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro 

  • To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). 

  • To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell. 

noun
  • A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration. 

  • A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc. 

  • A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control. 

  • A company that sells records. 

  • In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. 

  • A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. 

  • A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will. 

  • A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes. 

  • The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. 

  • A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung. 

  • A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. 

  • A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct. 

term

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

  • To terminate one's employment 

adj
  • Born or delivered at term. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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