adjectival vs descriptive

adjectival

adj
  • Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. 

  • Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof. 

noun
  • An adjectival phrase or clause. 

descriptive

adj
  • Of, relating to, or providing a description. 

  • Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive. 

  • Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary). 

  • Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language. 

noun
  • An adjective (or other descriptive word) 

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