subject vs thesis

subject

noun
  • That of which something is stated. 

  • A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity. 

  • The variable in terms of which an expression is defined. 

  • The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc. 

  • The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue. 

  • A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority. 

  • A particular area of study. 

  • A citizen in a monarchy. 

  • In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same. 

  • An actor; one who takes action. 

  • A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc. 

adj
  • Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. 

  • Conditional upon something; used with to. 

  • Likely to be affected by or to experience something. 

  • Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state. 

verb
  • To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave. 

  • To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted. 

thesis

noun
  • An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis. 

  • In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis. 

  • A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note. 

  • The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress. 

  • A proposition or statement supported by arguments. 

  • A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation. 

  • A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention. 

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