anachronistic vs ancient

anachronistic

adj
  • Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time. 

  • Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative. 

ancient

adj
  • Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. 

  • Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. 

  • Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. 

noun
  • One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. 

  • A person who is very old. 

  • A person who lived in ancient times. 

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