ameliorative vs provident

ameliorative

adj
  • Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation. 

  • Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve. 

  • Able to repair or ameliorate. 

noun
  • A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation. 

  • That which betters or improves. 

provident

adj
  • Providing (for someone’s needs). 

  • Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. 

  • Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it. 

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