assignment vs tune-up

assignment

noun
  • An assigned task. 

  • A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another. 

  • A document that effects this transfer. 

  • The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. 

  • The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex. 

  • An operation that assigns a value to a variable. 

  • A position to which someone is assigned. 

  • A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. 

  • The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. 

tune-up

noun
  • A series of preparations for vigorous exercise; a warm-up 

  • A series of adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance 

  • A match or race (frequently one exhibition in nature) contested as preparation for a match or race of high stakes. 

How often have the words assignment and tune-up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )