ameliorative vs tolerable

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. 

tolerable

adj
  • Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable. 

  • Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable. 

  • Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so. 

  • In fair health; passably well. 

adv
  • tolerably; passably; moderately. 

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