antimicrobial vs antimicrobic

antimicrobial

adj

  • preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes 

  • tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes 

  • inhibiting the growth of microbes 

noun

  • an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action 

antimicrobic

adj

  • antimicrobial 

noun

  • Any antimicrobial agent 

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