a priori vs given

a priori

adj
  • Presumed without analysis. 

  • Self-evident, intuitively obvious. 

  • Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. 

  • Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages. 

adv
  • In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. 

given

adj
  • Assumed as fact or hypothesis. 

  • Already arranged. 

  • Particular, specific. 

  • Prone, disposed. 

  • Currently discussed. 

prep
  • Considering; taking into account. 

noun
  • A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. 

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