idea vs view

idea

noun
  • A purposeful aim or goal; intent 

  • An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. 

  • A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. 

  • A musical theme or melodic subject. 

  • More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. 

  • An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. 

  • A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. 

view

noun
  • An intention or prospect. 

  • A wake. 

  • The act of seeing or looking at something. 

  • A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases. 

  • A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory. 

  • An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user. 

  • Something to look at, such as scenery. 

  • The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with 

  • The range of vision. 

  • A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. 

  • A point of view. 

  • A mental image. 

verb
  • To regard in a stated way. 

  • To look at. 

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