adversative vs contrary

adversative

adj
  • Expressing opposition or difference. 

  • Expressing adverse effect. 

contrary

adj
  • Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent. 

  • Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. 

  • Given to opposition; perverse; wayward. 

noun
  • One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false. 

  • The opposite. 

adv
  • Contrarily 

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