text vs theme

text

noun
  • Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc. 

  • A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. 

  • A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. 

  • A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing. 

  • A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones. 

  • Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text. 

  • A book, tome or other set of writings. 

verb
  • To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones. 

  • To send and receive text messages. 

theme

noun
  • A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. 

  • The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations. 

  • The stem of a word. 

  • A concept with multiple instantiations. 

  • Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme. 

  • A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire. 

  • thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb. 

  • Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory. 

  • A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time. 

  • Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects. 

verb
  • To give a theme to. 

  • To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software). 

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