indication vs trait

indication

noun
  • That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. 

  • Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. 

  • Act of pointing out or indicating. 

  • Discovery made; information. 

  • An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading. 

trait

noun
  • An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. 

  • An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. 

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