adversative vs contradictory

adversative

adj
  • Expressing opposition or difference. 

  • Expressing adverse effect. 

contradictory

adj
  • Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious. 

  • That contradicts something, such as an argument. 

  • That is diametrically opposed to something. 

  • That is itself a contradiction. 

  • Mutually exclusive. 

noun
  • Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false. 

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