stint vs term

stint

noun
  • Limit; bound; restraint; extent. 

  • Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. 

  • Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling. 

  • A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. 

verb
  • To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent. 

  • To impregnate successfully; to get with foal. 

  • To be sparing or mean. 

  • To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance. 

term

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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 stint and term occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )