a priori vs indifferent

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. 

indifferent

adj
  • Not making a difference; without significance or importance. 

  • Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care. 

  • Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic. 

  • Having no preference. 

  • Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage). 

  • Being in the state of neutral equilibrium. 

noun
  • A person who is indifferent or apathetic. 

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